COVID-19 'Pandemic'
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When will one of you come up with an original like...........................
..............Your mother wears army boots!!
..............Your mother wears army boots!!
L’l Abner’s did .When will one of you come up with an original like...........................
..............Your mother wears army boots!!
So you trust a political hack with a monetary interest in pill pushers. Figures.
He handled the AIDS crisis with the same results as this Covid outbreak . But hey he not only is getting rich , he is also finally getting his well deserved fame . There isn’t a camera or microphone he can walk by .
Oh, no! Ya just KNOW this'll become a government mandate in 3. . . 2. . . 1. . .
More proof of the failure of a vaccine
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Dr. Fauci: Vaccinated and Boosted Americans Better Not Go Out to Public Places Right Now (VIDEO)
By Jim HoftPublished January 2, 2022 at 12:10pm
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Twitter bans U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account
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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) departs after a news conference to highlight the treatment of jailed January 6th defendants as they await trial, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2021.
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) departs after a news conference to highlight the treatment of jailed January 6th defendants as they await trial, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2021. Photo by Jonathan Ernst /REUTERS
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WASHINGTON — Twitter Inc on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeatedly violated the social media’s misinformation policy on COVID-19.
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The congresswoman from Georgia is the first member of Congress to ever have a Twitter account permanently banned.
Twitter has previously issued a short-term suspension for Greene’s account, @mtgreenee, for tweets about COVID that it called “misleading.” At least two other Republican members of the House have received temporary suspensions on Twitter — Jim Banks and Barry Moore.
“Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said in a statement on messaging app Telegram, adding that social media platforms “can’t stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can’t stop the truth. Communist Democrats can’t stop the truth.”
The official account of the congresswoman, @ReptMTG, remains active on Twitter and has 390,000 followers, slightly less than the 465,000 on her banned personal account.
Greene has come under fire before for remarks on the pandemic. Last June she apologized after comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.
Last January, Twitter temporarily locked Greene’s account after she sparred with a state election official over voter fraud allegations.
Twitter and several other social media platforms banned former President Donald Trump from their services after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) departs after a news conference to highlight the treatment of jailed January 6th defendants as they await trial, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2021.
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) departs after a news conference to highlight the treatment of jailed January 6th defendants as they await trial, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2021. Photo by Jonathan Ernst /REUTERS
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WASHINGTON — Twitter Inc on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeatedly violated the social media’s misinformation policy on COVID-19.
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The congresswoman from Georgia is the first member of Congress to ever have a Twitter account permanently banned.
Twitter has previously issued a short-term suspension for Greene’s account, @mtgreenee, for tweets about COVID that it called “misleading.” At least two other Republican members of the House have received temporary suspensions on Twitter — Jim Banks and Barry Moore.
“Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said in a statement on messaging app Telegram, adding that social media platforms “can’t stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can’t stop the truth. Communist Democrats can’t stop the truth.”
The official account of the congresswoman, @ReptMTG, remains active on Twitter and has 390,000 followers, slightly less than the 465,000 on her banned personal account.
Greene has come under fire before for remarks on the pandemic. Last June she apologized after comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.
Last January, Twitter temporarily locked Greene’s account after she sparred with a state election official over voter fraud allegations.
Twitter and several other social media platforms banned former President Donald Trump from their services after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Twitter bans U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account
WASHINGTON — Twitter Inc on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeated…
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Here We Go: New Covid Variant with 46 Mutations Named “IHU” Detected in France
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Coronavirus can trigger kidney scarring: Study
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can damage the kidneys, according to new research
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This handout file illustration image obtained Feb. 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19.
This handout file illustration image obtained Feb. 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19. Photo by HANDOUT /Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.
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Coronavirus can trigger kidney scarring
The coronavirus can directly damage the kidneys by initiating a cascade of molecular events that leads to scarring, new laboratory research found. The resulting scar tissue could have long-term impacts on survivors’ kidney function, according to a report published in Cell Stem Cell .
The researchers exposed tiny replicas of kidneys to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in test tubes. They found the virus could infect multiple types of kidney cells and trigger “a molecular switch” that starts the scarring process. The findings suggest that high rates of kidney function decline seen in a separate study of more than 90,000 COVID-19 survivors might be due to scarring of the kidney by the virus, the researchers said.
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Jitske Jansen of Radboud University Medical Center in The Netherlands said in a statement that her team had found another “piece of the puzzle showing the deleterious effects the virus can have in the body.”
Pandemic may be affecting infants’ brains
Coronavirus infection during pregnancy does not appear to affect infants’ brain function, but the pandemic itself may be having an impact, a study published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics suggests.
Researchers in New York City tracked 255 full-term infants born during the pandemic, including 114 whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy. When the babies were six months old, the researchers saw “absolutely no effect of maternal infection with SARS-CoV-2” on neurodevelopment, said Dr. Dani Dumitriu of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute. But overall, compared with 62 infants born before the pandemic, the babies born during the health crisis had slightly lower scores on tasks involving large muscles, tasks requiring small muscle movements, and personal interactions. The findings do not necessarily mean these infants will suffer long-term consequences, Dumitriu said. Assessments at six months are poor predictors of long-term outcomes, she added.
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If additional research confirms that birth during the pandemic negatively impacts neurodevelopment, she said, “because this is such an early time point there are lots of opportunities to intervene and get these babies onto the right developmental trajectory.”
Lower COVID-19 risks seen after weight-loss surgery
Weight-loss surgery may reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 even if the infected person is still obese after losing weight, according to a report in JAMA Surgery .
Researchers studied 20,212 obese adults, including 5,053 who had undergone bariatric surgery before the pandemic and lost a substantial amount of weight. On average, the people in the surgery group, while still technically obese, weighed about 44 pounds (20 kg) less than study participants who had not undergone the surgery. Although the two groups had similar rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection at about 9%, infected patients with prior weight-loss surgery had a 49% lower risk of hospitalization, a 63% lower risk of need for supplemental oxygen, and a 60% lower risk of becoming critically ill or dying compared to the non-surgery group. Obesity is well known to be a risk factor for poor COVID-19 outcomes, but as the study was not a randomized trial it cannot prove weight-loss surgery caused the better outcomes. Still, the authors said, patients who underwent weight-loss surgery were likely healthier when they became infected.
The results “support the reversibility of the health consequences of obesity” for patients with COVID-19, coauthor Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic said in a statement. “This study suggests that an emphasis on weight loss as a public health strategy can improve outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic… That is a very important finding considering that 40% of Americans have obesity. “
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus can damage the kidneys, according to new research
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This handout file illustration image obtained Feb. 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19.
This handout file illustration image obtained Feb. 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19. Photo by HANDOUT /Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.
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Coronavirus can trigger kidney scarring
The coronavirus can directly damage the kidneys by initiating a cascade of molecular events that leads to scarring, new laboratory research found. The resulting scar tissue could have long-term impacts on survivors’ kidney function, according to a report published in Cell Stem Cell .
The researchers exposed tiny replicas of kidneys to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in test tubes. They found the virus could infect multiple types of kidney cells and trigger “a molecular switch” that starts the scarring process. The findings suggest that high rates of kidney function decline seen in a separate study of more than 90,000 COVID-19 survivors might be due to scarring of the kidney by the virus, the researchers said.
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Jitske Jansen of Radboud University Medical Center in The Netherlands said in a statement that her team had found another “piece of the puzzle showing the deleterious effects the virus can have in the body.”
Pandemic may be affecting infants’ brains
Coronavirus infection during pregnancy does not appear to affect infants’ brain function, but the pandemic itself may be having an impact, a study published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics suggests.
Researchers in New York City tracked 255 full-term infants born during the pandemic, including 114 whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy. When the babies were six months old, the researchers saw “absolutely no effect of maternal infection with SARS-CoV-2” on neurodevelopment, said Dr. Dani Dumitriu of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute. But overall, compared with 62 infants born before the pandemic, the babies born during the health crisis had slightly lower scores on tasks involving large muscles, tasks requiring small muscle movements, and personal interactions. The findings do not necessarily mean these infants will suffer long-term consequences, Dumitriu said. Assessments at six months are poor predictors of long-term outcomes, she added.
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If additional research confirms that birth during the pandemic negatively impacts neurodevelopment, she said, “because this is such an early time point there are lots of opportunities to intervene and get these babies onto the right developmental trajectory.”
Lower COVID-19 risks seen after weight-loss surgery
Weight-loss surgery may reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 even if the infected person is still obese after losing weight, according to a report in JAMA Surgery .
Researchers studied 20,212 obese adults, including 5,053 who had undergone bariatric surgery before the pandemic and lost a substantial amount of weight. On average, the people in the surgery group, while still technically obese, weighed about 44 pounds (20 kg) less than study participants who had not undergone the surgery. Although the two groups had similar rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection at about 9%, infected patients with prior weight-loss surgery had a 49% lower risk of hospitalization, a 63% lower risk of need for supplemental oxygen, and a 60% lower risk of becoming critically ill or dying compared to the non-surgery group. Obesity is well known to be a risk factor for poor COVID-19 outcomes, but as the study was not a randomized trial it cannot prove weight-loss surgery caused the better outcomes. Still, the authors said, patients who underwent weight-loss surgery were likely healthier when they became infected.
The results “support the reversibility of the health consequences of obesity” for patients with COVID-19, coauthor Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic said in a statement. “This study suggests that an emphasis on weight loss as a public health strategy can improve outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic… That is a very important finding considering that 40% of Americans have obesity. “
Association of Surgical Weight Loss With Risk and Severity of COVID-19 Infection
This cohort study examines weight loss outcomes from surgical and nonsurgical interventions among patients with obesity before and after the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Neurodevelopmental Status in Infants With and Without In Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
This cohort study examines neurodevelopmental status at age 6 months of infants born during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, comparing those with vs without in utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the full pandemic cohort with a historical cohort.
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SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids
Kidney failure is frequently observed during and after COVID-19, but it remains elusive whether this is a direct effect of the virus. Here, we report …
Coronavirus can trigger kidney scarring: Study
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can damage the kidneys, according to new research
Utah tech exec resigns after sending anti-Semitic email about vaccines
'I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people'
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"I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people," Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported.
"I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people," Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported. Photo by Screengrab /YouTube
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A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives “sounds bonkers.” But he sent it anyway.
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“I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people,” Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported.
“I believe the Jews are behind this,” he added.
The email, littered with baseless claims and antisemitic tropes about the vaccines, led to an immediate backlash from the Utah tech community, religious leaders and politicians. Bateman resigned as chairman on Tuesday.
In a statement, Entrata chief executive Adam Edmunds condemned Bateman’s conspiracy theories, which he said do not reflect the values of the company.
“To be absolutely clear, we at Entrata firmly condemn antisemitism in any and all forms,” the statement said. “For those who have seen and been offended or disturbed by the content of Dave’s email, we understand and share your disappointment.”
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Bateman did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment late Tuesday. In a text message to a reporter for KSTU, Bateman confirmed he sent the email and said he “had no intention of raising a big stir” and has “nothing but love for the Jewish people.”
“Some of my closest friends are Jews,” he said. Bateman then doubled down on his falsehoods, adding, “I fear billions of people around the globe right now are being exterminated.”
Bateman is one of three founders of Entrata, which was formed in 2003. The software company has raised more than $500 million in investor funding, according to Forbes, and is valued at more than $1 billion. Bateman stepped down as chief executive in 2020 and moved to Puerto Rico. Despite leaving his post as chairman Tuesday, he is still the largest stakeholder in the company, Forbes reported.
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Bateman sent the email early Tuesday morning to more than 50 recipients, including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), Utah Senate Minority Whip Luz Escamilla (D) and Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz, KSTU reported. It included antisemitic and false claims that the Jewish people conspired to make a vaccine that would weaken immune systems to kill off billions of people and that for 300 years “Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and place a Jew covertly at the top.”
“I believe the pandemic and systematic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule,” Bateman wrote, according to KSTU.
“I pray that I’m wrong on this,” Bateman continued. “Utah has got to stop the vaccination drive. Warn your employees. Warn your friends. Prepare. Stay safe.”
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There is no evidence the vaccine will alter the immune system, The Post has reported. Federal health authorities have found that the vaccine is safe for people who are immunocompromised and that complications from the vaccine are exceedingly rare.
Bateman’s statements echo antisemitic theories about the vaccine that are often spread on white-supremacist and neo-Nazi websites and social media channels, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Hours after the email was sent, recipients fired back at Bateman, condemning his harmful statements, according to Forbes. Many also spoke out publicly on Twitter. Smith, the Utah Jazz owner and founder of software company Qualtrics, tweeted that the email “crossed lines that should never be crossed.”
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“There is no room for discrimination of any kind, anywhere, ever,” he added.
Blake McClary, a tech executive and president of the Salt Lake City chapter of Silicon Slopes, a nonprofit that supports Utah’s burgeoning start-up environment, tweeted that Bateman needed to step down and “not embarrass” the tech community.
In a statement on his official governor Twitter account, Cox called Bateman’s comments “irresponsible,” “hurtfully anti-Semitic” and “blatantly false.” On his personal account, the governor spoke more freely, calling the email “crazy stuff.”
“I get insane emails like this from people often and normally wouldn’t dignify it with a response, but I guess it’s getting lots attention,” Cox tweeted. “I hope he gets some help.”
Religious leaders also spoke out. Rabbi Avremi Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah said he was “disgusted” by the letter, which he called a “flaming pile of garbage.”
“Granted the contents are absolutely loony tunes, but sadly, we’ve seen nonsense like this metastasize to violence against our community before,” he tweeted. “Utah is better than this.”
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'I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people'
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"I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people," Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported.
"I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people," Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported. Photo by Screengrab /YouTube
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A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives “sounds bonkers.” But he sent it anyway.
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“I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people,” Dave Bateman, co-founder of Entrata, a property management software company, wrote Tuesday, KSTU first reported.
“I believe the Jews are behind this,” he added.
The email, littered with baseless claims and antisemitic tropes about the vaccines, led to an immediate backlash from the Utah tech community, religious leaders and politicians. Bateman resigned as chairman on Tuesday.
In a statement, Entrata chief executive Adam Edmunds condemned Bateman’s conspiracy theories, which he said do not reflect the values of the company.
“To be absolutely clear, we at Entrata firmly condemn antisemitism in any and all forms,” the statement said. “For those who have seen and been offended or disturbed by the content of Dave’s email, we understand and share your disappointment.”
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Bateman did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment late Tuesday. In a text message to a reporter for KSTU, Bateman confirmed he sent the email and said he “had no intention of raising a big stir” and has “nothing but love for the Jewish people.”
“Some of my closest friends are Jews,” he said. Bateman then doubled down on his falsehoods, adding, “I fear billions of people around the globe right now are being exterminated.”
Bateman is one of three founders of Entrata, which was formed in 2003. The software company has raised more than $500 million in investor funding, according to Forbes, and is valued at more than $1 billion. Bateman stepped down as chief executive in 2020 and moved to Puerto Rico. Despite leaving his post as chairman Tuesday, he is still the largest stakeholder in the company, Forbes reported.
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Bateman sent the email early Tuesday morning to more than 50 recipients, including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), Utah Senate Minority Whip Luz Escamilla (D) and Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz, KSTU reported. It included antisemitic and false claims that the Jewish people conspired to make a vaccine that would weaken immune systems to kill off billions of people and that for 300 years “Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and place a Jew covertly at the top.”
“I believe the pandemic and systematic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule,” Bateman wrote, according to KSTU.
“I pray that I’m wrong on this,” Bateman continued. “Utah has got to stop the vaccination drive. Warn your employees. Warn your friends. Prepare. Stay safe.”
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There is no evidence the vaccine will alter the immune system, The Post has reported. Federal health authorities have found that the vaccine is safe for people who are immunocompromised and that complications from the vaccine are exceedingly rare.
Bateman’s statements echo antisemitic theories about the vaccine that are often spread on white-supremacist and neo-Nazi websites and social media channels, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Hours after the email was sent, recipients fired back at Bateman, condemning his harmful statements, according to Forbes. Many also spoke out publicly on Twitter. Smith, the Utah Jazz owner and founder of software company Qualtrics, tweeted that the email “crossed lines that should never be crossed.”
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“There is no room for discrimination of any kind, anywhere, ever,” he added.
Blake McClary, a tech executive and president of the Salt Lake City chapter of Silicon Slopes, a nonprofit that supports Utah’s burgeoning start-up environment, tweeted that Bateman needed to step down and “not embarrass” the tech community.
In a statement on his official governor Twitter account, Cox called Bateman’s comments “irresponsible,” “hurtfully anti-Semitic” and “blatantly false.” On his personal account, the governor spoke more freely, calling the email “crazy stuff.”
“I get insane emails like this from people often and normally wouldn’t dignify it with a response, but I guess it’s getting lots attention,” Cox tweeted. “I hope he gets some help.”
Religious leaders also spoke out. Rabbi Avremi Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah said he was “disgusted” by the letter, which he called a “flaming pile of garbage.”
“Granted the contents are absolutely loony tunes, but sadly, we’ve seen nonsense like this metastasize to violence against our community before,” he tweeted. “Utah is better than this.”
Utah tech exec resigns after sending anti-Semitic email about vaccines
'I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people'
Maskless party on Sunwing flight 'unacceptable': Transport minister
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This screengrab taken from a social media video posted by Journal de Montreal reporter Francis Pilon shows people partying on a Sunwing flight without masks.
This screengrab taken from a social media video posted by Journal de Montreal reporter Francis Pilon shows people partying on a Sunwing flight without masks. Photo by Francis Pilon /Twitter screengrab
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MONTREAL — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of “unacceptable” behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico.
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Videos of the Dec. 30 flight shared on social media appear to show passengers not wearing masks as they gather in close proximity, singing and dancing in the aisle and on seats.
In one video, a large bottle of vodka appears to be passed among passengers, and later a woman appears to be smoking an electronic cigarette on the plane.
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According to reports, the plane had been chartered and some of the passengers were cast members from Quebec reality television shows.
“I have asked Transport Canada to investigate the matter,” Alghabra wrote in a post on Twitter. “We must take the risks of COVID seriously!”
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Later Tuesday, Alghabra, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued a joint statement which said all three ministers have directed their departments to investigate.
The statement said Transport Canada has contacted the airline, and says passengers who violated the department’s regulations could face fines of up to $5,000 per offence.
Rena Kisfalvi, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local that represents about 1,000 Sunwing flight attendants, also called the passengers’ behaviour “unacceptable” and expressed sympathy for the crew on the Cancun flight.
“There’s a point where if you lose the control, you can’t get it back sometimes,” she said in a phone interview.
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Compliance with mask rules has been a “massive issue” over the past year that has “caused a tremendous amount of aggressive behaviour” from passengers toward cabin crews, she said.
“I’m not sure where Transport Canada is on this. Why haven’t you done more?” Kisfalvi asked, at around the same time Alghabra put out his Twitter post.
“These passengers that are not complying, are they being charged? Are they being denied boarding in the future? Are they placed on a no-fly list? Maybe we as a government have to take that step to show the travelling public, ‘Look, we mean business here.”’
Sunwing said in an emailed statement that passenger behaviour on the private charter flight “was unruly and contravened several Canadian Aviation Regulations as well as public health regulations.” It said its security department investigated, and the company reported the incident to Transport Canada.
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The airline said it provided the tour group leader conditions to ensure the safety of passengers and crew on the return flight to Montreal, scheduled for Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, the group did not accept all of the terms. As a result of our ongoing investigation and the group’s refusal to accept all terms of carriage, we have made the decision to cancel the return flight,” the Sunwing statement said. “We regret any inconvenience to the passengers.”
On Instagram, 111 Private Club took credit for the flight, describing the all-inclusive New Year’s trip to Mexico it organized as the “best event of the year.” It posted a screenshot of a newspaper article about the flight with the caption, “we made the news.”
James William Awad, who operates 111 Private Club, did not respond to a request for comment sent through Facebook. A message sent to the 111 Private Club account also received no reply.
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The statement from Alghabra, Duclos and Mendicino noted that the Public Health Agency of Canada and partners coordinate the processing of travellers returning to Canada, and that travellers suspected of non-compliance are referred to PHAC.
It stated that questionable or fraudulent documents will be retained, and warned that giving false information to a Canadian government official and could result in fines of up to $750,000, six months in jail, or both.
If endangering the lives of others and causing harm, the statement warns a traveller could be subject to up to three years in prison and/or up to $1 million in fines.
“The Government of Canada continues to advise all Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada at this time,” the statement concluded.
“We continue to work closely with airlines, airports, and our other transportation partners to safeguard the health of Canadians and Canada’s air transportation system.”
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This screengrab taken from a social media video posted by Journal de Montreal reporter Francis Pilon shows people partying on a Sunwing flight without masks.
This screengrab taken from a social media video posted by Journal de Montreal reporter Francis Pilon shows people partying on a Sunwing flight without masks. Photo by Francis Pilon /Twitter screengrab
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MONTREAL — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of “unacceptable” behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico.
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Videos of the Dec. 30 flight shared on social media appear to show passengers not wearing masks as they gather in close proximity, singing and dancing in the aisle and on seats.
In one video, a large bottle of vodka appears to be passed among passengers, and later a woman appears to be smoking an electronic cigarette on the plane.
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According to reports, the plane had been chartered and some of the passengers were cast members from Quebec reality television shows.
“I have asked Transport Canada to investigate the matter,” Alghabra wrote in a post on Twitter. “We must take the risks of COVID seriously!”
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Later Tuesday, Alghabra, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued a joint statement which said all three ministers have directed their departments to investigate.
The statement said Transport Canada has contacted the airline, and says passengers who violated the department’s regulations could face fines of up to $5,000 per offence.
Rena Kisfalvi, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local that represents about 1,000 Sunwing flight attendants, also called the passengers’ behaviour “unacceptable” and expressed sympathy for the crew on the Cancun flight.
“There’s a point where if you lose the control, you can’t get it back sometimes,” she said in a phone interview.
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Compliance with mask rules has been a “massive issue” over the past year that has “caused a tremendous amount of aggressive behaviour” from passengers toward cabin crews, she said.
“I’m not sure where Transport Canada is on this. Why haven’t you done more?” Kisfalvi asked, at around the same time Alghabra put out his Twitter post.
“These passengers that are not complying, are they being charged? Are they being denied boarding in the future? Are they placed on a no-fly list? Maybe we as a government have to take that step to show the travelling public, ‘Look, we mean business here.”’
Sunwing said in an emailed statement that passenger behaviour on the private charter flight “was unruly and contravened several Canadian Aviation Regulations as well as public health regulations.” It said its security department investigated, and the company reported the incident to Transport Canada.
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The airline said it provided the tour group leader conditions to ensure the safety of passengers and crew on the return flight to Montreal, scheduled for Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, the group did not accept all of the terms. As a result of our ongoing investigation and the group’s refusal to accept all terms of carriage, we have made the decision to cancel the return flight,” the Sunwing statement said. “We regret any inconvenience to the passengers.”
On Instagram, 111 Private Club took credit for the flight, describing the all-inclusive New Year’s trip to Mexico it organized as the “best event of the year.” It posted a screenshot of a newspaper article about the flight with the caption, “we made the news.”
James William Awad, who operates 111 Private Club, did not respond to a request for comment sent through Facebook. A message sent to the 111 Private Club account also received no reply.
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The statement from Alghabra, Duclos and Mendicino noted that the Public Health Agency of Canada and partners coordinate the processing of travellers returning to Canada, and that travellers suspected of non-compliance are referred to PHAC.
It stated that questionable or fraudulent documents will be retained, and warned that giving false information to a Canadian government official and could result in fines of up to $750,000, six months in jail, or both.
If endangering the lives of others and causing harm, the statement warns a traveller could be subject to up to three years in prison and/or up to $1 million in fines.
“The Government of Canada continues to advise all Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada at this time,” the statement concluded.
“We continue to work closely with airlines, airports, and our other transportation partners to safeguard the health of Canadians and Canada’s air transportation system.”
Maskless party on Sunwing flight 'unacceptable': Transport minister
MONTREAL — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of “unacceptable” behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines fligh…
The above shit show on the airplane leads to some interesting jurisdictional questions with respect to woke punishment, etc…
yes there’s outrage but legally who’s jurisdiction does this fall under for the outreach and public spankings?
is it the country that the flight originated from or the country that the flight will arrive in or the country but the flight is over when the behaviour above transpired?
yes there’s outrage but legally who’s jurisdiction does this fall under for the outreach and public spankings?
is it the country that the flight originated from or the country that the flight will arrive in or the country but the flight is over when the behaviour above transpired?
I suspect the airline will take the fall here. TrueDope is outraged ya know.