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Biden’s Going to Drop a Bomb

by $8 blue check mistermix|  September 9, 20213:51 pm| 115 Comments

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COVID-19 vaccinations will also be required for more than 17 million health care workers at hospitals and other facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement—roughly 50K providers. (This covers a majority of health care workers nationwide.)

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 9, 2021

The press conference is scheduled for 5 Eastern but I thought you’d want to discuss this now.

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    September 9, 2021 at 3:53 pm

    Oooh. Nice.

    Looking forward to it.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  2. 2.

    lowtechcyclist

    September 9, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    New: President Biden will sign an executive order today requiring all federal workers to be vaccinated, with no option of being regularly tested instead, according to a source familiar with the plans.  https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1435946452430295043

    Cool.

  3. 3.

    Betty Cracker

    September 9, 2021 at 3:55 pm

    He’s playing hardball — good. We’ll never get the fuck out of this nightmare without putting the pain on the voluntary plague rats, which is exactly where it belongs.

  4. 4.

    dmsilev

    September 9, 2021 at 3:55 pm

    Full story in the Post

    The most far-reaching is a new regulation to be written by the Labor Department that will requires all businesses with more than 100 employees either to mandate vaccinations for all their workers, or require them to take weekly coronavirus tests. The White House estimates that the policy will impact about 80 million workers, or two-thirds of the country’s workforce.
    Businesses that ignore the policy, once it’s in place, could trigger penalties of up to $14,000 per violation, according to a senior Biden administration official, who briefed reporters on the plan ahead of the president’s speech under the condition that his name would not be used.
    Businesses also will be required to give workers paid time off to get vaccinated, according to the new rules.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    September 9, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    Saw the title and thought it was another post about Texas.

  6. 6.

    lowtechcyclist

    September 9, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    He’s playing hardball — good. We’ll never get the fuck out of this nightmare without putting the pain on the voluntary plague rats, which is where it belongs.

    We’ve tolerated them long enough, and it hasn’t done jack shit.  Agreed – time for consequences.

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    @Baud: I had to add an “m” to “co” for .com

    You’ll want to fix that before you post again.

  8. 8.

    dmsilev

    September 9, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    Mandating vaccinations on federally-controlled transportation (air travel, mostly) would also be good.

    Also, I’d like to see a Federally-run betting pool on what completely-absurd “medication” will become the next miracle cure. I’ve got $10 on leeches.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    September 9, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    “The Biden administration took various far-ranging actions today in an attempt to change the subject from the fiasco in Afghanistan.” /media elite

  10. 10.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 3:59 pm

    Drop Da Bomb

  11. 11.

    Baud

    September 9, 2021 at 3:59 pm

    @WaterGirl: Yes.  I’ve got one more in the queue.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    Hey mistermix, i had a post scheduled for this speech.  Shall I unschedule it?

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    @Baud: okay, I think you’re all set now.

  14. 14.

    geg6

    September 9, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    Biden bringing down the hammer. Good. About fucking time. Now I want him to do the same for all educational institutions that get Title IV funding.

  15. 15.

    Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly, Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.)

    September 9, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    Oh, man, I cannot wait.

  16. 16.

    Cermet

    September 9, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    As a Fed worker, couldn’t be happier; especially if the dead enders leave – win/win!!!!

  17. 17.

    Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix

    September 9, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    @WaterGirl: I’ll remove the video and let’s allow the scheduled one to go.  This thread is going to get pretty long.  Thanks

  18. 18.

    Roger Moore

    September 9, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Also, I’d like to see a Federally-run betting pool on what completely-absurd “medication” will become the next miracle cure.

    I’d look for something that’s either about to go off patent in the near future or has been supplanted by a similar but better medication.  Some drug marketing person has to have recognized that this is a great way to boost sales and started a guerilla misinformation campaign to convince people it’s a miracle COVID cure.

  19. 19.

    VOR

    September 9, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    It will be interesting to see who sues to block this rule. Because you know lawsuits are coming. I imagine many employers are happy to see the Federal Government create the mandate and take the pressure off the employer.

  20. 20.

    rikyrah

    September 9, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    He’s playing hardball — good. We’ll never get the fuck out of this nightmare without putting the pain on the voluntary plague rats, which is exactly where it belongs.

     

    No more carrots.

    Time for baseball bat sized sticks.

  21. 21.

    rikyrah

    September 9, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Mandating vaccinations on federally-controlled transportation (air travel, mostly) would also be good.

     

    Planes

    Amtrak

    Greyhound

     

    they all should require proof of vaccination.

  22. 22.

    Geoduck

    September 9, 2021 at 4:06 pm

    @dmsilev: ​
      Eh. Harder to run a grift with living things, since you have to sort of keep them alive.

  23. 23.

    Wag

    September 9, 2021 at 4:06 pm

    Best news all week!

  24. 24.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    It’s imperative that people get vaxxed, or forced to stay away from the rest of us.  The rest of the Country has to be given the chance to move on.  As someone who was in the Polio/Smallpox/Tetanus vax era, and the Mother and GrandMother of the vax for all childhood diseases as well Generations, my patience with these shitheads is done!   Vax, or live in a cave.

  25. 25.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    @rikyrah:

    No more carrots.Time for baseball bat sized sticks.

    I believe those are just called baseball bats. ?

  26. 26.

    Raoul Paste

    September 9, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    After Biden’s speech, Howard Stern will be available to take questions from the media.

    And we are temporarily suspending FCC profanity rules for Howard’s replies

  27. 27.

    MomSense

    September 9, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    Biden fuck yeah!

  28. 28.

    What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

    September 9, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    @dmsilev: I’m surprised cyanide hasn’t caught on. I mean, it’s got a 100% cure rate – everyone whose ever gotten Covid and taken a cyanide capsule, well, Covid didn’t kill a single one of them.

  29. 29.

    dr. bloor

    September 9, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    @Baud: There’s a job at Politico waiting for you should you choose not to run in ’24.

  30. 30.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:10 pm

    @leeleeFL: Is that cave on the Moon?

  31. 31.

    Joe Falco

    September 9, 2021 at 4:10 pm

    Biden: I’m going to drop a bomb.

    Press: *bursts into wild cheering*

    Biden: Not that kind of bomb.

    Press: Awww!

  32. 32.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: That works …

  33. 33.

    Ken

    September 9, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    @dmsilev: I’ve got $10 on leeches.

    Put me down for megadoses of vitamin A.

  34. 34.

    JKC

    September 9, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    And no fecking whining about Freedum from these idiots. They’re free to refuse the vaccine; they can just go find jobs in another profession.

  35. 35.

    Kay

    September 9, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Rite aid sent me a digital verification card. Pretty snazzy!

    You guys are probably jealous, with your dog-eared paper cards.

  36. 36.

    RepubAnon

    September 9, 2021 at 4:13 pm

    @lowtechcyclist:  I’m glad Biden is channeling his inner Popeye just before the spinach: “I’ve stood all I can stand, and I can’t stand no more!”

  37. 37.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    @Ken: That’s probably too simple and bland. No chance of real misery caused, maybe some itchiness or some such.

    No it has to be nuts, maybe transfusions of gorilla blood?  Or possibly infusions of poop from convalescents?  The plasma helped some right?

  38. 38.

    Baud

    September 9, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    @Kay: I still miss paper blogs.

  39. 39.

    Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix

    September 9, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    @JKC:

    And no fecking whining about Freedum from these idiots. They’re free to refuse the vaccine; they can just go find jobs in another profession.

    They’ll whine while they’re lining up for the shot.

    This is one case where the politics and policy line up.  Biden will be blamed if the pandemic is still raging in a few months, so doing this now is the right thing to do politically.  Of course, it’s also good policy.  I’m sure requiring vaccinations to board planes, trains and automobiles is just a shot away.

  40. 40.

    Amir Khalid

    September 9, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    The post headline made me do a double-take. In my neck of the woods, to drop a bomb is a colloquial expression synonymous with to do No. 2.

    It’s a good thing that Biden can finally issue these executive orders. No question that his action is right and necessary.

  41. 41.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    @Baud: LOLOLOL. I thought you wrote bags, and didn’t know what you meant!

  42. 42.

    Joe Falco

    September 9, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    @Kay: I had a copy made and laminated for free at Office Max. When I got my 2nd shot in April at one of the sites being managed by the National Guard, one of the soldiers told me that offer when my card was handed back to me. I used my laminated copy for the first time last week when I went to DragonCon in Atlanta!

  43. 43.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    @leeleeFL: Gorilla poop infusions?

  44. 44.

    Woodrow/asim

    September 9, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    @rikyrah: Job-based is far more impactful than transportation-based. A lot of poorer folx will not step onto even a bus, anytime soon — but many of them will go to a job.

    I get that transportation is a major vector of spread, yet I think they are putting the focus in the right place. We’ll see how the inevitable lawsuits go…

  45. 45.

    Ken

    September 9, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    Requiring medical providers who take Medicare/Medicaid to vaccinate is a great motivator.  As the motto of the Omnian Quisition held, “Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum.“

  46. 46.

    JaneE

    September 9, 2021 at 4:19 pm

    Sounds good to me.

    I hope Democrats are going to be out pounding the drums talking about how it is a damn shame that people in this country have to be forced to prevent deaths in their communities.  There never has been a “freedom” to kill your neighbors, and the people who refuse to be vaccinated are doing just that, and I for one don’t believe that they know that very well.

  47. 47.

    dlwchico

    September 9, 2021 at 4:19 pm

    Friend of my wife went to our local hospital recently and the doctor she saw mentioned that the hospital is planning on making the vaccine mandatory for it’s employees and he said when they do about a third of the people that work there are saying they will quit.

  48. 48.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:19 pm

     

     

    @mrmoshpotato: possibly

  49. 49.

    smith

    September 9, 2021 at 4:19 pm

    I really hope the Goobers don’t find a RWNJ judge to put a stay on this, but I’m not holding my breath. It would be great if there were enough of a delay so that when it went to trial vaccination-for-all would be a fait accompli.

  50. 50.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:20 pm

    @Kay: Well, la ti da, you vaccinated, responsible, caring snob!

  51. 51.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:20 pm

    @dlwchico: Bye, all you Felicias!

  52. 52.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    September 9, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    @dlwchico: Mandates make it harder for people who quit to get another job.

    I don’t think most of them will follow through

  53. 53.

    Benw

    September 9, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    Oh oh, Biden, do the schools next!

  54. 54.

    Roger Moore

    September 9, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    @dlwchico:

    This is a key reason having a federal mandate for healthcare providers is so important.  A lot of those people planning on quitting probably figured they’d be able to get another job elsewhere.  Good luck with that if there’s a federal mandate.

  55. 55.

    planetjanet

    September 9, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    This announcement gives my heart joy.

  56. 56.

    leeleeFL

    September 9, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Good! Vaxxed for whatever reason is vaxxed.

  57. 57.

    NotMax

    September 9, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    @leeleeFL

    Spotted owl jerky.

    //

  58. 58.

    dmsilev

    September 9, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    @Kay: County and state both sent me QR codes. Haven’t been anywhere that’s asked to see them, but hey, I’ve got a couple of QR codes!

    3 actually, since my employer sent one out as well. That one got used once, though “used” is probably a bit strong. Person at the entrance to an outdoor event asked to see it, looked at the picture on my phone and said “yep, that’s a QR code sure enough, come on in.” I mean, the doorkeeper was someone I know fairly well so she was happy to take my word for it that I’d had the shots, but still….

  59. 59.

    Kay

    September 9, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    @Joe Falco:

    That’s nice. I like electronic records because they’re easy and “they” already knew where to find me :)

  60. 60.

    dmsilev

    September 9, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    @Benw: LA is planning on mandating vaccines for all public school students 12 and over; the school board is meeting today to formalize the decision. Hopefully it will be the start of a trend.

  61. 61.

    Jager

    September 9, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Buy Louisville slugger stock, now!

  62. 62.

    Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix

    September 9, 2021 at 4:30 pm

    @dlwchico:

    Friend of my wife went to our local hospital recently and the doctor she saw mentioned that the hospital is planning on making the vaccine mandatory for it’s employees and he said when they do about a third of the people that work there are saying they will quit.

    Say one thing, do another, I’ll bet.

  63. 63.

    gvg

    September 9, 2021 at 4:30 pm

    Can this apply to state employees?  I am afraid it won’t. I really want it to. We aren’t private employees.

    I hate DeSantis and the GOP Florida legislature.

  64. 64.

    NotMax

    September 9, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    @dmsilev

    Brings new meaning to the term “magnet schools.”

    :)

  65. 65.

    rikyrah

    September 9, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    @dlwchico:

    where will they work?

    I would want to go to the hospital where the staff is all vaccinated.

  66. 66.

    geg6

    September 9, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    @Kay:

    I got a plastic holder to put mine in that is specifically sized for the card.  It seals for protection from water.  Cost me two bucks for five.  I gave the extras to my John and some of my siblings.

  67. 67.

    Baud

    September 9, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    I am so looking forward to the faster internet.

  68. 68.

    dmsilev

    September 9, 2021 at 4:33 pm

    @NotMax: Cosponsored by Verizon, as part of their 5G mesh network buildout.

  69. 69.

    Benw

    September 9, 2021 at 4:34 pm

    @dmsilev: awesome. Hey, NY schools, look what the cool LA kids are doing!

  70. 70.

    geg6

    September 9, 2021 at 4:34 pm

    @dlwchico:

    Yeah, sure they will.

  71. 71.

    cain

    September 9, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    One good thing about this is that it will give state govts an out to also do mandatory vaccination. Once big businesses are doing it – the dragnet is going to close for these assholes.

  72. 72.

    Betty Cracker

    September 9, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    @gvg: Did you see a clip of that lying fuck-nugget DeSantis saying he doesn’t understand why masks are politicized? As if he and the bloated orange fuck-knuckle whose leg he constantly humps haven’t been politicizing the fuck out of masks for well over a year? I wanted to throw a brick through the screen when I saw that! Gah!

  73. 73.

    NotMax

    September 9, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    @geg6

    Heh. I simply covered mine in plastic wrap. By happenstance I already use a style of wallet into which it readily fits.

  74. 74.

    Feathers

    September 9, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    I’m guessing part of the reason for creating an almost universal mandate is to cut down on people just saying “I’ll quit!” If 2/3s of US jobs will require vaccination, it may be Suck It Up Buttercup time.

  75. 75.

    VeniceRiley

    September 9, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    @Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix: It’s the “If xxxxx wins, I’m moving to Canada!”  They’ll get vaccinated.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Save your screen, save the brick for him.

  77. 77.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    @Joe Falco:

    I used my laminated copy for the first time last week when I went to DragonCon in Atlanta!

    Was Puff there?

  78. 78.

    Spanky

    September 9, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    @dmsilev: Spanky’s Leech Emporium is the place to go for all of your leech needs!

  79. 79.

    MazeDancer

    September 9, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    DoJ Lawsuits!

    Vaccne mandates!

    Go get ’em. POTUS!

  80. 80.

    Ken

    September 9, 2021 at 4:42 pm

    @dlwchico: about a third of the people that work there are saying they will quit.

    Remind me — that means they can’t collect unemployment?

  81. 81.

    JoyceH

    September 9, 2021 at 4:42 pm

    @dmsilev: ​
     

    I’d like to see a Federally-run betting pool on what completely-absurd “medication” will become the next miracle cure. I’ve got $10 on leeches.

    Snake oil. Literally. There’s one sketchy study about a venomous viper in Brazil.

    “A study published in the scientific journal Molecules this month found that the molecule produced by the jararacussu pit viper inhibited the virus’s ability to multiply in monkey cells by 75%.”

    https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/brazilian-viper-venom-may-become-tool-fight-against-coronavirus-study-shows-2021-08-31/

    Before the month is out, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham will be doing for the word ‘jararacussu’ what they did for ‘ivermectin’. And yeah, it’s going to be hard to collect pit viper venom from the wilds of Brazil, but that won’t stop the grifters from claiming that’s what they’re selling.

  82. 82.

    NotMax

    September 9, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    @Spanky

    Leeches are the equivalent of juice boxes for vampires.

    :)

  83. 83.

    Betty Cracker

    September 9, 2021 at 4:49 pm

    @WaterGirl: I mean…

    HE LITERALLY SELLS POLITICAL MERCHANDISE ABOUT MASKS pic.twitter.com/Nui3uQFEQr

    — Spec9?? (@SpecAlt) September 8, 2021

  84. 84.

    zhena gogolia

    September 9, 2021 at 4:50 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    What a douche.

  85. 85.

    The Dangerman

    September 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    Oh, please, please, PLEASE let me be in on the interviews when all these assholes need new jobs:

    Me: Why did you leave your last job?

    Them: I wouldn’t get the shot.

    Me: Fuck you. Next!

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Okay, that really makes me want to punch him.  And I say that as someone who has never punched anybody.

  87. 87.

    JML

    September 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    There’s will be some people who will actually quit rather than get vaxx’d, but the numbers will be relatively small and mostly from people who were already planning on leaving. Most people will talk big, whine a lot, and either get the shot or try to lie about it.

  88. 88.

    Betty Cracker

    September 9, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    @zhena gogolia: The douchiest of flaming douchebags. Honest to dog, I think he’s worse than Trump.

  89. 89.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    @Betty Cracker: When the biggest asshat in the state is also the governor!

  90. 90.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    @The Dangerman:  You have that all wrong.

    Me: Why did you leave your last job?

    Then: I wouldn’t get the shot.

    Them: They were so unreasonable.  They tried to take away my freedom of choice and tried to make me get vaccinated!  Wah!

  91. 91.

    zhena gogolia

    September 9, 2021 at 4:55 pm

    OT, but this show Spooks (MI-5) really is good, isn’t it?

  92. 92.

    zhena gogolia

    September 9, 2021 at 4:56 pm

    @Betty Cracker: I think you might be right.

    But my husband would say, he doesn’t have Trump’s charisma. Trump’s charisma is invisible to me, but my husband identified it back when he was being questioned by Megyn Kelly.

  93. 93.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 4:57 pm

    @zhena gogolia: 

    @Betty Cracker: DeathSantis (and others) are the reason for the word “douchecanoe.”

  94. 94.

    Eunicecycle

    September 9, 2021 at 4:58 pm

    @Kay: my husband got one yesterday via text, but I haven’t gotten one yet. And ironically he has a flip phone (old style) so it doesn’t do him any good.

  95. 95.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 5:03 pm

    Biden on now!

    edit: Biden is bringing it!

  96. 96.

    The Dangerman

    September 9, 2021 at 5:03 pm

    @WaterGirl: They can complain I’m taking away their freedom as I strap them to the table and jab them while they scream. I’m way past the point of giving a shit about their feelings.

  97. 97.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: Is that “Wah!” not to scale?

  98. 98.

    Tazj

    September 9, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    This is great news, let the right wing whining begin.

  99. 99.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 9, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    @Tazj:

    let the right wing whining begin. 

    Oh, it started decades ago and never stopped.

  100. 100.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    @The Dangerman: Me, too.

  101. 101.

    JB

    September 9, 2021 at 5:11 pm

    Now make a requirement for airline passengers

  102. 102.

    WaterGirl

    September 9, 2021 at 5:36 pm

    @JB: And Amtrak!

  103. 103.

    E.

    September 9, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Oh man the right wing website commenters are going nuts. They are calling for violence. “The lib Marxist traitors have forced our hand.” MTG’s Facebook page has gotten even worse, which is hard to fathom. There is going to be some real resistance to this.

  104. 104.

    sdhays

    September 9, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    @Baud: I assume at least 50% of them have already forgotten where Afghan-i-what(?) is.

  105. 105.

    Uncle Cosmo

    September 9, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Watched a bunch of episodes years back. I thought it was pretty good entertainment as well.**

    One thing that did somewhat bother me was how many episodes turned on the use of video from a dense network of surveillance cameras spread all over London. Intrusive much?***

    ** FTR The series name was changed to MI-5 for US release because the original British name (Spooks) is racially offensive here.

    *** Not that I’m complaining – once changing planes at Heathrow I had a rucksack full of computer gear, taken when my back was turned, that Security recovered by means of the ubiquitous video cameras.

  106. 106.

    zhena gogolia

    September 9, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    @Uncle Cosmo: The “CCTV” is a big plot device in all sorts of British crime drama.

  107. 107.

    Geminid

    September 9, 2021 at 6:19 pm

     

     

    @Betty Cracker: It looks like DeSantis painted himself into a corner, and now wants to levitate his way out.

  108. 108.

    karen marie

    September 9, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    @The Dangerman:   I hope that conversation is being held by phone, because they should be checking vaccine status at the door.

  109. 109.

    karen marie

    September 9, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    @Roger Moore:  Aren’t medical staff required to be vaccinated against all kinds of other things?  Why, yes.  Yes, they are!

    omfg.  These people will be the death of us all.

  110. 110.

    karen marie

    September 9, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    @E.:   That she still HAS a FB page tells you everything you need to know about FB.

     

    #DeleteFacebook

  111. 111.

    karen marie

    September 9, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    Did I kill yet another thread?  Probably.

  112. 112.

    quakerinabasement

    September 9, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    The commenters over at Fox are already looking for their tiki torches.

  113. 113.

    Another Scott

    September 9, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Probably a good idea to read this 2015 Ben Domenech piece — a defense of vaccine mandates — before the people at the Federalist decide to scrub it from their site. https://t.co/rYN3EScwYB

    — Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 9, 2021

    rofl.

    (via Popehat)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  114. 114.

    Anonymous At Work

    September 9, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    @Ken: Jumping in late but $10 on “radium”.

  115. 115.

    Miss Bianca

    September 9, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    @Ken: *guffaw* Even I, with my rudimentary high-school Latin, was able to translate that one.

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