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Acting PA Health Secretary Announces Pregnancy To Promote Vaccines Acting PA Health Secretary Announces Pregnancy To Promote Vaccines
Acting PA Health Secretary Announces Pregnancy To Promote Vaccines The acting Pennsylvania health secretary has announced her pregnancy as a way to promote vaccine efficacy among pregnant women. Secretary Keara Klinepeter made the announcement that she and her husband are expecting a child in June on Twitter on Tuesday. Her tweet reads, "My husband and I are expecting a son at the end of June. I’m sharing this publicly because I want my story to help other women make an informed decision. I'm vaccinated, boosted & thanks to scientists, doctors & my great teammates at DOH, I’m confident it was the right decision." My husband and I are expecting…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year
PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year Pennsylvania's acting Health Secretary Alison Beam will step down at the end of the year, according to a release by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration. "I am proud to have worked with Acting Secretary Beam over the past several years, and the commonwealth has been fortunate to have had the benefit of her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially as the Department of Health oversaw a massive vaccine roll-out over the course of the past year," Gov. Wolf said in the statement. "Thank you to Governor Wolf, his leadership team, and the incredibly dedicated Department of Health employees,"…

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by Jillian Pikora
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COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated
Covid-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated Another Hollywood star has been written out of a TV drama after refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The latest to exit a popular drama is Rockmond Dunbar of "9-1-1," the Fox television series. The show requires all actors need to be vaccinated to participate, but, as a response, Dunbar applied for a medical and religious exemption, which he was denied, according to Deadline. On Monday, Nov. 22, his character on the series, Michael Grant, was written off the show with his deciding to move to Haiti with his boyfriend, Deadline reported. In a statement to Deadline, Dunbar said: …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Federal Lawsuit Filed Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates at Penn Medicine Federal Lawsuit Filed Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates at Penn Medicine
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates at Penn Medicine Workers for Penn Medicine who were dismissed from their jobs for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine, have filed a federal lawsuit. Hundreds of employees have quit or been dismissed from Penn Medicine since the vaccine mandate was announced this past spring. The suit states that the vaccination mandates are unconstitutional, violating employee rights and they were wrongfully terminated. The 11-page document specifically cites four issues the defendants are seeking damages for: Violation of First Amendment rights. Violation of the 14th Amendment, "right to privacy and body." Wrongful terminati…

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by Daily Voice
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Anti-Vax Podcast Star Joe Rogan: ‘I GOT COVID’ Anti-Vax Podcast Star Joe Rogan: ‘I GOT COVID’
Anti-Vax Podcast Star Joe Rogan: ‘I GOT COVID’ Podcast star Joe Rogan – who was blasted by the Biden Administration earlier this year for telling young people not to get vaccinated -- told his millions of followers on Wednesday, "I GOT COVID." The Newark-born comedian, who hosts the hugely popular Spotify podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience," told his 13 million Instagram followers that he was using a drug that health experts have urged the public to avoid. Rogan, 54, said in the video (see below) that he has “fevers and sweats” and “threw the kitchen sink” at the illness – including monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin, which is ordinar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Bust Stripping ‘Anti-Vax Momma’ Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram Feds Bust Stripping ‘Anti-Vax Momma’ Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram
Feds Bust Stripping ‘Anti-Vax Momma’ Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram A celebrity Instagram stripper from Bergen County who called herself “Anti-Vax Momma” was charged by federal authorities with selling forged COVID vaccine cards online. Jasmine Clifford, 31, of Lyndhurst sold 250 or so phony Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine cards for $200 each, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said Tuesday. Doing the math, that’s $50,000. Clifford – known as “5Star Jazzi” -- also connected customers to Nadayza Barkley, 27, who worked in a medical office on Long Island and added the names of 10 or so buyers to a state vaccine database for a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens
Poll: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using Covid-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens One in five Americans believes the federal government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population, according to a recent poll. The sharpest divisions between pro- and anti-vaxxers in America, to few people's surprise, are political, the Economist/YouGov poll found. Nearly 30% of Republican poll respondents – and only 4% of Democrats -- said they aren’t getting vaccinated. More whites than Black and Hispanic respondents in the Economist/You Gov poll said they reject the vaccine, while more Midwesterners and Southerners came out against vaccination than elsewhere in the country…

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by Jerry DeMarco