2nd-in-command of #SF fire dept and an #AntiVaxxer #DJ are amongst city #firefighters named in #NorthBeach #barbrawl #lawsuit filed by a #Marin law enforcement vet turned #Xtian minister and funeral boat captain. The incident stems from interaction when firefighters apparently groped plaintiff's daughter's buttocks at #OriginalJoe's, and then after her dad addressed men, a firefighter attacked David Gallegioni from behind, and several repeatedly kicked him on floor of Original Joe's while wearing identifiable #SFFD apparel. Despite being named as participant, the deputy chief has denied involvement in incident, saying he was just there watching a game on TV.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/sf-fire-chief-staff-cooperate-probes-assault-bar/4055570/
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20260316/281625311817467
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116216701169166407
My chiropractor brother was an #antivaxxer for decades, and I was unbelievably stupid and bought into the BS he was spouting. I’m just glad I broke myself out of it before social media was a thing.
“Studies have found that the cost of containing measles outbreaks is often as much as tens of thousands of dollars per case. One outbreak in Washington state in 2018-2019, which involved 72 cases—a small outbreak compared with what states are reporting now—cost US$3.2 million for the public health response, medical expenses, and productivity losses.”
These lines are to commemorate my spectacular failure to win the North Street Book Prize with my 2024 collection “After Spruce: Poems in the Manner of Tom Jenks’ ‘Spruce’ During the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic”.
Originally published: Poetry and Covid December 2020
#ExperimentalPoetry #poem #poetry #PoetryCollection #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Australia #UnitedStates #coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic #DonaldJTrump #ScottMorrison #GladysBerejiklian #EssentialBusiness #JigsawPuzzle #EmotionalDistancing #WAGs #Roadmap #Quarantini #ImmunityPassport #RubyPrincess #PrePalliative #CoMorbidities #COVIDSafeApp #ChainsOfTransmission #QAnon #protest #AntiVaxxer #TinHat #Prayers
CNN: CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency
"....Dr. Ralph Abraham is leaving the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where has been serving as principal deputy director, the agency said Monday...was sworn in on December 15.....Abraham promoted health freedom and expressed skepticism about vaccines. ..."
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/23/health/cdc-deputy-ralph-abraham-departs
EDIT: The toot I was replying to has been deleted-- thank God.
MY ORIGINAL REPLY:
😂 That is such blatant #DISINFORMATION from an #AntiVaxxer propaganda site.
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE CANCER.
CHECK YOUR FACTS before posting LIES. (Your account appears to be purely antivax and anti- #LGBTQ propaganda. You belong on TrumpSocial, not Mastodon. We check facts here.)
>>Do COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer or make cancer harder to treat?
NO. COVID-19 vaccines are NOT linked to a rise in cancer or more aggressive cancer. This MYTH may be passed along as one person's experience. Or rarely, as a personal observation by a healthcare professional.
Researchers looked at the large groups of people who got a COVID-19 vaccine, and there is NO evidence to support this MYTH.<<
#CovidVaccines #Covid19Vaccines #FakeNews #AntivaxxerDisinformation #Vaccines #VaccinesAreSafe #Cancer
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720
https://www.factcheck.org/misconceptions/distortions-of-science/
Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak
https://apnews.com/article/rfk-measles-outbreak-samoa-emails-e04686f052e8c78b5a52be1e4fbcf62f
Lying piece of shit
Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.” Emails sent by staffers at the U.S. Embassy and the United Nations include contemporaneous accounts suggesting Kennedy's concerns about vaccine safety motivated the visit. Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists ahead of the measles outbreak, which killed dozens of people. Kennedy has since said his “purpose” for going there was not related to vaccines. Kennedy was sworn in as U.S. health secretary last February.
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