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2021-08-01
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Condemnation of the Unvaxxed Grows as Bay Area Mask Mandates Reappear

Condemnation of the Unvaxxed Grows as Bay Area Mask Mandates Reappear

CONCORD (KPIX 5) — About a month and a half ago things were looking up. The Bay Area was patting itself on its collective back for having reopened with a world-class vaccination rate. Suddenly, it seems as if all of that wasn’t quite enough. Now the region is seeing a return of worry, uncertainty and frustration. “It’s scary thinking about all the people that are going to be affected by this,” said Lia Garcia of Oakland. “I’m not sure about what the economy is going to be. There are a lot of uncertainties in the air.” COVID cases are up. Masks are back.... Read more

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Stop Blaming The Unvaccinated People For This. People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Still Get COVID-19

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I have had 2 Pfizer vaccine shots. I had bad reactions to both. I had , lucid, fever dreams for weeks. I dreamed I picked up a scorpion. I was trying to keep it from stinging me. Symbolically, the Scorpion represented the shot, and the venom, the vaccine.

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BAR RESCUE REACTION - Marley's On the Beach (Oakland Beach, RI)

BAR RESCUE REACTION - Marley's On the Beach (Oakland Beach, RI)

On today's episode of Bartenders Watch Bar Rescue, bartender Alan reacts to Jon Taffer's rescue of Marley's On the Beach, a waterfront restaurant that fails to draw locals, despite the building being owned by the same owner as a successful seafood restaurant right next door. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/behindthestickmedia/ Medium: https://behindthestick.medium.com/ Instagram: @behindthestickmedia Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BehindTheStick ***Bar Consulting*** Up your bartending game with menu consulting, online group cocktail classes, and one-on-one coaching: https://www.facebook.com/behindthestickmedia/ Alan is a bartender in San Francisco with over ten years worth of bartending experience, ranging from dive bars, nightclubs, and Michelin Star fine dining establishments. He is a former lab rat in biotechnology and a fitness enthusiast. Read more

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COVID: Highly-Contagious Delta Variant Has Some Parents Rethinking Back-To-School Plans

COVID: Highly-Contagious Delta Variant Has Some Parents Rethinking Back-To-School Plans

OAKLAND (KPIX) — With new information from the Centers for Disease Control suggesting the Delta variant of the coronavirus may be as contagious as chickenpox, it’s forcing some parents to reassess whether or not to send their kids to school for in-person instruction this Fall. Oakland Unified School District is opening on August 9 for the new school year. The district said only a few hundred students out of the roughly 36,000 students have requested distance learning. But the Delta variant could increase the number of students who opt to do online learning. Mario Zambrano has two sons in OUSD. His 13-year-old... Read more

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With an absolute mortality rate from COVID-19 of only 2 per 1 million individuals, any talk of mass vaccination is absurd - and downright criminal. How can the benefits possibly outweigh the known risks of experimental gene therapy for children?

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Quit trying to sicken us by putting that mess in the atmosphere and find another way to spend that funding. I said what I said and I mean it.

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