News for September 18 — Combining COVID and Flu Shots

Combining flu and COVID shots in one visit: https://www.today.com/health/cold-flu/covid-booster-and-flu-shot-rcna47554 . With the poor booster vaccination percentages in the US, articles like this may help the concerned or uninformed.

The booster-weary Americans: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/potent-new-covid-boosters-are-here-will-weary-americans-bother/ar-AA11XA3B?cvid=a07840909403487fb6b23d3f89198f3b . So, we have free medicine that will protect you, and people are tired of hearing about it. However, my sense is the answer would be different if we had a universal health program. You know, like all the developed countries.

WSJ: Biden declares pandemic over: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-calls-pandemic-over-says-u-s-troops-could-defend-taiwan-11663554391 . Nope. And also, this is not going to help get booster shots in people’s arms.

Moderna helps WHO, not Pfizer: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/moderna-gives-who-s-mrna-hub-some-help-pfizer-snubs-request/ar-AA11YM2S?cvid=046ec672f56b463598918832d4728376 .

Hurricane Fiona darkens Puerto Rico: https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-hurricanes-puerto-rico-tropical-01028dac6655ddb5b321f345cf9e9358 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rico-braces-for-fiona-now-a-hurricane-11663520797 . Orange Julius failed the people of Puerto Rico. Five years after Hurricane Maria, the island’s infrastructure still has not been adequately upgraded. More: https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-hurricanes-weather-dominican-republic-b0932ff0e3c40627e81ffad4d4d5d0dd .

WSJ: The week ahead for central banks: https://www.wsj.com/articles/economy-week-ahead-federal-reserve-and-other-central-banks-in-focus-11663527601 .

WSJ: Russia becomes more desperate in Ukraine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-expands-attacks-on-civilian-targets-in-ukraine-after-battlefield-losses-11663500963 .

Clueless in the media: Why has fact-checking disappeared?: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3647706-why-has-fact-checking-disappeared-under-biden/ . The article offers one interesting fact – over 70% of the GOP believe fact-checking slants in favor of “the other side”. We all know that the New York Times and the BBC, among others, counted the lies Orange Julius told, with everyone’s total exceeding 25,000 over 4 years. That’s 1461 days, which equates to any average of over 17 lies a day.

Fact checks were popular during OJ’s reign of terror as a polite way of asking his supporters, Do you understand how much this pompous ass lies? However, the answer the media received from the MAGA crowd was, We don’t believe you. Also, after the perpetuation of the Big Lie, we’ve all become desensitized to OJ’s “lesser” lies. So the media continues to document all this dangerous-to-democracy-and-civility lying, but they call it what it is – lying by the most disgusting public figure in the history of American democracy.

The DeMentis campaign slogan: I’m a bigger jerk than Orange Julius: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/potent-new-covid-boosters-are-here-will-weary-americans-bother/ar-AA11XA3B?cvid=a07840909403487fb6b23d3f89198f3b . How else can you explain this ass?

Background on Special Master Raymond Dearie: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/not-his-first-rodeo-special-master-in-mar-a-lago-probe-is-no-stranger-to-huge-cases/ar-AA11VhhP?cvid=757da60ccd0c4f62ac497e0a23e0b3ca .

Stunning mosaic found in Gaza: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-gaza-strip-hamas-c18596b981334f862b41fafff481046c .