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[Link] New COVID-19 variant has been detected in Australia, here's what we know
Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au
Deltacron has been described as mixture of the Delta variant, which spread through Australia last year, and the Omicron variant, which led to high case loads across the nation over the Christmas holidays and into this year.
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[Link] Australia urged to spend more on Covax program amid criticisms of ‘vaccine diplomacy’
Read: 30/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Australia has distributed 18m doses of Covid-19 vaccine to neighbouring countries but is being urged to dedicate money and resources to Covax – the global vaccination mechanism – so that the world’s least-inoculated countries can access vaccines.
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[Link] Childless QAnon Influencer Ron Watkins Is Berating ‘Communist’ School Boards
Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com
Of course schools are not teaching their kids to be racist or spreading “transexual propaganda,” whatever that means. Perhaps Watkins would know that if he had a child enrolled in an Arizona public school, which he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t have a child at all.
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[Link] AEC preparing to combat Trump-style misinformation in 2022 election
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Social media companies should commit to taking down unauthorised political material in agreed timeframes to combat misinformation in elections, according to the Australian electoral commissioner, Tom Rogers.
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[Link] WA Police officers who refuse vaccine will be stood down on full pay, union says
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The WA Police Union says about 20 officers are likely to be stood down for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before Wednesday's deadline, but they could continue to receive full pay for months.
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[Link] 'There have been rumours': Why the next two years could decide the fate of Kim Jong Un
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The North Korean side of the border is unkempt, as the maintenance crews won't risk coming into close contact with the south. South Korea is now averaging about 4,000 cases a day. More worrying is the acute spike in serious cases.
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[Link] Omicron 'may already be here in Australia'. Experts say there's more we can do to stop COVID
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Just weeks after Australia declared it was opening its borders to the world, some restrictions have been reimposed in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa.
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[Link] The Sicilian town where the Covid vaccination rate hit 104%
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
While European governments weigh up new mandates and measures to boost the uptake of Covid jabs there is on the slopes of Sicily’s Monte delle Rose a village with a vaccination rate that defies mathematics: 104%.
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[Link] Amnesty UK accused of ‘spreading false information’ about Northern Territory Covid outbreak
Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Amnesty UK has been accused of “spreading false information” about the Northern Territory’s Covid outbreak in an extraordinary joint statement from the territory’s peak Aboriginal health organisation and Amnesty’s own Australian operation.
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[Link] Dozens arrested in Netherlands in second night of Covid protests
Read: 21/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Five police officers have been injured and at least 40 people arrested in a second night of violence in the Netherlands, as tougher Covid-19 restrictions to curb the resurgent pandemic led to angry protests in several European countries.
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[Link] ‘We got it wrong’: SA Health boss concedes failures on border exemptions
Read: 17/11/2021 indaily.com.au
Appearing before state parliament’s budget and finance committee this morning, SA Health CEO Dr Chris McGowan conceded SA Health was not initially prepared for the volume of South Australians wanting to come home.
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[Link] Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Racked Up More Than $63K in Mask Fines
Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s refusal to wear a mask in violation of House rules has cost her more than $63,000 and counting, she said Tuesday—meaning more than a third of her congressional salary has been deducted so far this year due to masking fines.
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[Link] Democrats Are Getting Crushed in the ‘Vibes War’
Read: 14/11/2021 www.theatlantic.com
To explain the Democrats’ poor performance in state and local elections Tuesday, various commentators have made very specific claims: It was mostly about critical race theory, or mostly about Terry McAuliffe’s flaws as a candidate for Virginia governor, or mostly about suburban white women votin
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[Link] GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Suspended from Twitter after Posting Bounty on a Critic
Read: 14/11/2021 itsgoingdown.org
A failed candidate for governor of California was suspended from Twitter for making “violent threats” after posting a $2,500 bounty; specifically asking for the name and address of a critic from Twitter.
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[Link] Bizarre Images of New Zealand Protesters Wearing Trump Masks Evoke Capitol Riot
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Thousands of anti-vaccine mandate protestors gathered in New Zealand’s capital of Wellington on Tuesday, Nov. 9, blocking roads and rallying outside of the country’s Parliament to denounce state-enforced COVID-19 vaccination requirements and government lockdowns.
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[Link] Manny Pacquiao Says If He Wins The Presidency He Will Jail His Corrupt Friends
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Of the 62 bouts former world champion Manny Pacquiao won in his 26 years in boxing, his favorite was against Oscar de la Hoya, who was taller, heavier, and arguably the bigger star when they battled in 2008.
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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.
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[Link] North Dakota Republican forced to skip anti-vaccination rally after getting Covid
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A North Dakota Republican who organized a rally to oppose Covid-19 vaccine mandates said he would not attend the event – because he was infected with Covid-19.
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[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.
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[Link] California town declares itself a ‘constitutional republic’ to buck Covid rules
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A northern California town has declared itself a “constitutional republic” in response to Covid-19 health restrictions imposed by the governor, in the latest sign of ongoing strife between the state’s government and its rural and conservative regions.
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[Link] Why are so many NYPD officers fighting vaccination?
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
In New York City, the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) tried and failed to block the city’s vaccine mandate for all city workers. New York City police officers have been on the wrong side of public health for most of the pandemic.
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[Link] Marjorie Taylor Greene Is 1 Twitter Violation Away From a Permanent Ban
Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account has been suspended for a week for posting COVID-19 misinformation, and the Georgia congresswoman is just one more violation away from a permanent ban.
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[Link] Adelaide emergency doctor withdraws legal challenge against mandatory vaccinations
Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
An Adelaide emergency doctor who sought to challenge the state's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers has withdrawn his legal challenge in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.
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[Link] New Zealand gang leaders unite to urge community to get Covid shots
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Seven New Zealand gang leaders, representing four of the countries most well-known street gangs, have joined forces in a video urging their communities to get vaccinated, in a concept that was conjured up by a government minister.
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[Link] The Great Cop Vax Mandate Apocalypse That Never Happened
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
When New York City announced that city workers—including cops–would have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, there was howling, threats, and promises that thousands would walk off the job or retire, turning the city into a dangerous, crime-ridden hellscape.
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[Link] Jen Psaki, White House press secretary to Joe Biden, tests positive for Covid
Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s White House press secretary, said on Sunday she had tested positive for Covid-19. Psaki, 42, did not travel with Biden to Rome, for the G20 summit, from where the president was due to travel on to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate talks.
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[Link] Pro-vaccine Fox News host receives support from CNN anchor over death threats
Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The CNN anchor Jake Tapper reached across the political aisle on Friday to support Neil Cavuto, a Fox News host who received death threats after pleading for viewers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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[Link] Supply chains threatened as vaccine deadline looms for freight workers entering the NT
Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
From groceries and hardware to cattle and clothes, freight workers play a crucial role in keeping the Northern Territory open for business. But the NT government's vaccine deadline for the industry is fast approaching.
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[Link] Millions of Americans Say They’d Quit Their Jobs to Avoid Lifesaving Vaccine
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The hesitancy is, unsurprisingly, driven almost entirely by currently unvaccinated workers.
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[Link] QAnon Influencer Who Calls Democrats Pedophiles Is an Actual Child Abuser
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. QAnon promoter David Trent has spent the last four years telling his tens of thousands of followers that the Democrats are pedophiles working as part of a global child sex trafficking ring run by the world’s elite.
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[Link] Australians to be able to travel to the UK, US, Italy, Greece and more without having to quarantine
Read: 28/10/2021 www.9news.com.au
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided a list of countries in which Australians can travel to without having to spend time in mandatory isolation.
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[Link] Former Adviser Says Trump Let Thousands Die of COVID for no Reason
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. One of former President Donald Trump’s key coronavirus advisers thinks his administration could have prevented up to 40 percent of U.S. coronavirus deaths with a better pandemic response.
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[Link] Capital Rioter Begged to Be Released From ‘Cult-Like’ Patriot Wing of DC Jail
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. An alleged Capitol rioter was released to the custody of his parents Tuesday after a judge in the case said he was surrounded by the “toxic environment” of the D.C. jail holding dozens of January 6 defendants.
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[Link] Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The full bench of Queensland's Industrial Relation Commission (QIRC) rejected submissions that Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll had no power to mandate compulsory vaccinations, did not consult staff and infringed upon workers' rights.
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[Link] 10,000 tickets confirmed for Melbourne Cup, but only 500 available to the public
Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Organisers have confirmed crowds will be back at the Melbourne Cup for the first time since 2019, with 10,000 allowed at Flemington, including 500 members of the general public.
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[Link] Federation 'ill-equipped' to deal with 21st-century challenges as Australia grows 'vulnerable'
Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
More than 250 stakeholders are behind a report, as part of the National Resilience Project (NRP), that makes recommendations on topics including energy security, climate change responses, global and regional security risks, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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[Link] Truck driver accused of spitting on and assaulting police at border checkpoint refused bail
Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Brendan J Moore, 57, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with assaulting a police officer and another worker, and resisting police.
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[Link] In-N-Out Refuses to Be ‘Vaccination Police’ in Dumb Move Against Mandate
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] Brazil's Bolsonaro May Face ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Charge Over COVID
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
A panel of Brazilian lawmakers recommended Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with “crimes against humanity” due to his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil has been one of the world’s most hard hit countries with over 600,000 dead since the pandemic began.
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[Link] A Proud ‘Lady Trump’ Is Running For Nevada Governor
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Fiore is perhaps best known for her hardline gun rights advocacy. In December 2015, Fiore posted a family Christmas photo to Facebook showing her entire family holding guns—including her five-year-old grandson.
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[Link] Right-Wing Radio Host ‘Kept Hugging People’ to Give Himself COVID
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Right-wing radio host and YouTube personality Dennis Prager apparently really, really wanted to get COVID-19. Mission accomplished.
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[Link] Northern Territory chief minister and US senator Ted Cruz in Twitter spat over Covid vaccines
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Northern Territory chief minister, Michael Gunner, has hit back at US senator Ted Cruz who criticised the Northern Territory’s vaccine policy, telling the firebrand Texan conservative “you know nothing about us”.
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[Link] Facebook says Craig Kelly’s content on United Australia Party page OK after banning MP
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Facebook says the United Australia Party’s page does not violate the social media giant’s community standards despite carrying prominent content from Craig Kelly, whose accounts have been banned for breaching the social media company’s misinformation policy.
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[Link] President of Brazil says it ‘makes no sense’ for him to be vaccinated
Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 600,000 of his citizens have lost their lives to a Covid-19 outbreak he once pooh-poohed as a “little flu”, but Brazil’s science-denying president, Jair Bolsonaro, has announced he will decline to be vaccinated, saying “it makes no sense” for him to do so.
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[Link] Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo Is Getting Fired
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Art Acevedo had a busy six months as the chief of the Miami Police Department: He unknowingly took a photo with a Proud Boy, said the city was run by “Cuban mafia,” and made enemies for pushing the COVID vaccine on officers.
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[Link] Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order late Monday prohibiting all state entities, including private businesses, from requiring people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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[Link] Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists
Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com
A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists.
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[Link] North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
The world’s top passport ranking authority released a list that shows how COVID-19 regulations have made travel even more difficult, particularly if you’re from South Asia.
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[Link] ‘Save Australia’ protest erupts in New York
Read: 5/10/2021 www.news.com.au
Australia became the surprising focal point of an American anti vaccine mandate protest march for teachers in New York City overnight, with hundreds of demonstrators chanting “Save Australia” and some waving Aussie flags.
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[Link] Near death of anti-vaccine cardinal is an “irony of life,” says Pope Francis
Read: 20/9/2021 arstechnica.com
Pope Francis, well-known for his freewheeling conversations with journalists aboard the papal plane, yesterday called out COVID-19 vaccine resistance within church ranks as he flew home from Hungary and Slovakia. And he went straight to the top. Well, the irony of life...
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[Link] Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births Last Year Because of COVID-19
Read: 20/9/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. More people died in Alabama than were born there in 2020, a grim reminder of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as an unprecedented crisis in the state’s history.
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[Link] Two week shutdown of construction industry expected following violent Melbourne protests
Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Victorian government is expected to forcibly shutdown all construction sites across the state in response to violent protests outside the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union's Melbourne office today.
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[Link] Texas couple denied service at restaurant for breaking ‘no mask’ rule
Read: 20/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Natalie Wester spoke to CBS DFW, a local TV station, about her experience with her husband, Jose, and a few friends. Last week, she said, the Westers went to Hang Time, a bar and restaurant in Rowlett, 20 miles outside Dallas, for a rare outing.
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[Link] ‘AntiVaxMomma’ Allegedly Sold Fake COVID Vaccine Cards on Instagram
Read: 31/8/2021 www.vice.com
Jasmine Clifford, the 31-year-old “AntivaxMomma,” allegedly sold about 250 forged COVID-19 vaccine cards on Instagram from May 2021 to July, according to the Manhattan DA. The scheme involved selling these cards over Instagram that falsely stated an individual had received a COVID-19 vaccine.
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[Link] COVID Troll Alex Berenson Implies He'll Sue to Get Twitter Access Restored
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
Alex Berenson, the former New York Times reporter turned “the pandemic’s wrongest man,” as the Atlantic once dubbed him, was permanently suspended from Twitter on Sunday for violating the social media company’s policies against coronavirus misinformation.
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[Link] Anti-Masker Charged With Child Abuse After Pushing Student Who ‘Had Enough’
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] This Is How Bad COVID Is Getting in Police Departments
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. COVID-19, the leading cause of death among cops in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, has continued to explode in departments around the country, as the profession’s vaccine rates continue to lag.
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[Link] Reddit Responds to Calls From Moderators to Fight Disinformation
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Some of the most popular subreddits are protesting the proliferation of COVID-19 disinformation and conspiracy theories on the platform.
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[Link] Thailand develops robotic system to up Covid vaccine doses
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Researchers in Thailand have developed a machine to draw out Covid-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies as the country struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.
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[Link] The FDA Just Fully Approved Pfizer's COVID Vaccine
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
The landmark moment could convince some vaccine-hesitant people to get their shot—and may foreshadow a jump in new vaccine mandates to battle the pandemic. “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[Link] Trump Booed at His Own Rally For Telling His Supporters to Get Vaccinated
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The reason? Trump told people to go get vaccinated.
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[Link] Man Sentenced for Smuggling 80 Pounds of Speed Disguised as COVID Vaccine
Read: 17/8/2021 www.vice.com
According to Norwegian national broadcaster NRK, customs officials initially intercepted the 50-year-old Polish man in January shortly after he arrived from Denmark via a ferry.
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[Link] Pharmacist Faces Decades in Prison for Allegedly Selling Vaccine Cards on eBay
Read: 17/8/2021 www.vice.com
The news signals the criminal element of buying or selling vaccination documents, and comes as unvaccinated people seek to buy the cards or similar fakes to try and skirt proof of vaccination requested by employers or businesses.
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[Link] Mississippi Hospitals Are on the Brink of ‘Total Failure’ Because of the Delta Variant
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] It’s Back to School in the Apocalypse, and Parents Are Losing Their Minds
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. It’s back-to-school season during the apocalypse, and Americans are celebrating by losing their minds.
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[Link] GOP Finally Backs Unemployment Benefits, But Only for the Unvaccinated
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Wisconsin Republicans have been fighting for months to limit or eliminate unemployment benefits for their state in the face of the coronavirus. But they’ve found one group they want to help: the unvaccinated.
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[Link] GOP Finally Backs Unemployment Benefits, But Only for the Unvaccinated
Read: 14/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Wisconsin Republicans have been fighting for months to limit or eliminate unemployment benefits for their state in the face of the coronavirus. But they’ve found one group they want to help: the unvaccinated.
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[Link] This Woman Secretly Runs One of the World's Biggest Anti-Vax Websites From Her House
Read: 13/8/2021 www.vice.com
An anti-vaxxer website which scrapes and misrepresents data from a government-run database has been spreading misinformation like wildfire through anti-vax communities for the last month. Now for the first time, the identity of the woman running the site has been revealed.
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[Link] Reddit Quarantines AntiMask Antivax Subreddit
Read: 13/8/2021 www.vice.com
Wednesday, Reddit quarantined r/NoNewNormal, a subreddit that is generally antimask, antivax, and is also against any government COVID restrictions.
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[Link] 'We don't deserve to be treated like this': Sydney nurse speaks out about alleged assault at COVID testing clinic
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The female healthcare worker told police she was working at the Dundas testing clinic on Monday when she was approached by an unknown man who was not wearing a mask. It is alleged the man began filming the 31-year-old worker on his mobile phone before verbally abusing her about vaccinations.
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[Link] While Delta spreads, Republicans deflect and resort to Trump demagoguery
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
As America reaches the milestone of 70% of adults with at least one dose of a vaccine, the highly contagious Delta variant is surging. Public health officials are trying to keep the focus on the urgent need for more vaccinations.
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[Link] Remote, pristine and COVID-free. This might be the luckiest place on earth
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Mark Tomlinson looks out his window to see the Pacific Ocean stretching to the horizon. Mr Tomlinson lives on Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote communities on earth.
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[Link] Police fire rubber bullets at hundreds of Thai protesters demanding PM's resignation
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters have clashed with police as they protest the government's failure to handle coronavirus outbreaks and its impact on the economy.
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[Link] Get ready for 'Vaxzevria', AstraZeneca's rebranded COVID-19 vaccine
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
AstraZeneca has become a household name, but its COVID-19 vaccine will soon be rebranded to help smooth the pathway for millions of Australians hoping to travel overseas once the international border reopens.
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[Link] ‘They thought Covid only kills white people’: myths and fear hinder jabs in DRC
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Dr Christian Mayala and Dr Rodin Nzembuni Nduku sit together on a bench outside the Covid ward at Kinshasa’s Mama Yemo hospital.
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[Link] CNN fires three employees who went into the office unvaccinated.
Read: 6/8/2021 www.nytimes.com
CNN said this year that employees would need to be vaccinated against the virus to return to its American offices.Credit...
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[Link] Why don’t you get a jab? Offspring drummer ousted after refusing Covid vaccine
Read: 5/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Pete Parada, drummer with Californian pop-punks the Offspring, has said he has been ousted from the band over his refusal to be vaccinated for Covid-19.
[Link] SPC makes COVID vaccination mandatory for workforce, becoming Australian test case
Read: 5/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Fruit and vegetable processor SPC has become the first Australian company to mandate vaccines for all onsite staff and visitors. The Shepparton-based cannery wants all its 450 onsite workers to be fully vaccinated by November, in what could be a legal test-case for the country.
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[Link] Republicans used to laud ‘personal responsibility’. Not with Covid
Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
“It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions,” declared Ronald Reagan at the 1968 Republican National Convention.
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[Link] Greta Thunberg Got Her First COVID-19 Vax Dose and Called Out Global Vaccine Inequality
Read: 30/7/2021 www.teenvogue.com
Greta Thunberg got her first dose of the vaccine and took the opportunity to call out vaccine inequality. The teen climate striker took to social media to do what she does best: highlight lackluster leadership in the face of a global crisis.
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[Link] Olivia Rodrigo Visits Joe Biden's White House to Support Youth Vaccine Initiative
Read: 30/7/2021 www.teenvogue.com
Olivia Rodrigo is teaming up with President Joe Biden in an effort to promote COVID-19 vaccinations.
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[Link] ‘Beacon of hope’: Whole nation jabbed in just a week
Read: 29/7/2021 www.smh.com.au
Gauhati, India: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90 per cent of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry says.
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[Link] The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plot
Read: 28/7/2021 www.bbc.com
A mysterious marketing agency secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines. Their plan failed when the influencers went public about the attempt to recruit them.
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[Link] Facebook Just Blocked the #VaccinesKill Hashtag Two Years Too Late
Read: 28/7/2021 www.gizmodo.com.au
At least two years after it would have been politically prudent to do so, Facebook moved to block content under the #VaccinesKill hashtag on Wednesday.
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[Link] Virgin CEO calls for open borders, even if ‘some people may die’
Read: 17/5/2021 www.smh.com.au
Virgin Australia’s chief executive has called for the country’s borders to be re-opened before the stated goal of mid-2022, saying it made long-term sense even if “some people may die”.
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[Link] Tokyo Olympics: poll shows 60% of Japanese people want Games cancelled
Read: 10/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
Preparations for Tokyo Olympics have suffered another setback after a poll found that nearly 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled, less than three months before the Games are due to open.
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[Link] QAnon Is Freaking Out Over Ivanka Trump’s COVID Vaccine Photo
Read: 19/4/2021 www.vice.com
Some QAnon followers believe that Ivanka Trump has been executed by her father after she posted a picture of herself being given a vaccine.
[Link] A SoulCycle Instructor Got the Vaccine as an ‘Educator’
Read: 3/2/2021 www.nytimes.com
The spin class teacher, Stacey Griffith, has since apologized. But to many, it was another example of wealthy or well-connected people cutting lines for doses.
[Link] Google Maps will soon show COVID vaccine locations
Read: 29/1/2021 arstechnica.com
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine means a ton of people are soon going to be looking for vaccination sites.
[Link] Pfizer getting more information about EU threat to block vaccine exports
Read: 29/1/2021 www.abc.net.au
Representatives from Pfizer say they do not believe the European Union is planning on blocking exports of its vaccine, including to places like Australia. Both Pfizer and AstraZeneca appeared before a parliamentary inquiry into the Government's response to the pandemic.
[Link] Tyler Perry Gets Covid-19 Vaccine on TV to Reassure Black Skeptics
Read: 29/1/2021 www.nytimes.com
The Madea creator and studio head talks about the history of the medical and government establishment’s exploitation of Black people. Can Tyler Perry assuage distrust among Black Americans who are skeptical about the Covid-19 vaccine?
[Link] Health Workers, Stuck in the Snow, Administer Coronavirus Vaccine to Stranded Drivers
Read: 29/1/2021 www.nytimes.com
Public health workers in Josephine County, Ore., said they had walked from car to car, giving shots to drivers with vaccine doses that would expire in six hours. The public health workers were driving back from a vaccination site in rural Cave Junction, Ore.
[Link] “I can’t tell you how much vaccine we have,” new CDC head says
Read: 27/1/2021 arstechnica.com
With the country’s vaccine rollout in utter disorder, health officials in the Biden administration are cautiously trying to both manage expectations and express optimism.