The ruling frees public school leaders across Arizona to require students, staff and visitors to wear masks on campus. The law banning that authority was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday.
A host of other policies adopted as part of the budget are also voided, including a ban on vaccine requirements for public universities, community colleges and local governments, anti-fraud measures for ballots and a ban on teaching critical race theory in public schools.
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I have a cousin who lives in AZ and is ex-military and is a 45 supporter, and so his his daughter,l whom I believe lives in CO and was a pen pal of mine as a teen. I hope theyâre shitting their pants.
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Sen. Kirk Hatcher, D-Montgomery, said he has some concerns about building prisons with money that he said was set aside to mitigate the ongoing pandemic crisis.
âRemember, we are now still number one in the country for deaths,â Hatcher said of Alabamaâs COVID-19 death rate that recently led the country.
Republican legislative leaders said they are comfortable they can legally use the funds because the American Rescue Plan, in addition to authorizing the dollars for economic and health care programs, says states can use the money to replace revenue lost during the pandemic to strengthen support for vital public services and help retain jobs.
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In a hospital in Branson, Missouri, as many as 400 staff members will have panic buttons added to their identification badges after assaults on staff members tripled amid the pandemic. Assaults rose from 40 in 2019 to 123 in 2020, the Associated Press reported. The numbers for 2021 have not been released. When pressed, the panic buttons will immediately alert hospital security and trigger a tracking system to locate the endangered worker.
Jackie Gatz, vice president of safety and preparedness for the Missouri Hospital Association, told the AP that, in addition to panic buttons, hospitals are also adding extra security cameras and having security personnel wear body cameras. A hospital in Springfield, Missouri, added security dogs, as well as panic buttons. Gatz noted that staff are also receiving training on de-escalation and physical protection tactics, such as keeping a hospital bed between a nurse and an agitated person.
In Idaho, health facilities are also beefing up security. COVID-related misinformation has spread like wildfire in the region, and patients have become belligerent.
âWeâve had reports of physical violence, verbal abuse, demands for alternative treatment that are not acceptable or approved. And those become very difficult conversations to have as the patient continues to decompensate,â Brian Whitlock, president of the Idaho Hospital Association, told the AP.
I donât think Iâve ever seen the term âdecompensateâ before. After a quick dictionary lookup, thatâs an interesting term to know.
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The cruelty is the point.
In the early days of the pandemic, weâve heard stories of prisoners contracting Covid at rates that far exceeded the rates outside. Has that trend held up generally?
(I ran the numbers and found that 14% of Alabamans got covid so far, but âonlyâ 7% of inmates in AL). Weird.
1994 inmate cases vs 795000 total.
granted, itâs Branson, MO. this is the same area where Lake of the Ozarks is, where earlier over the summer there was that story about it being packed with people who were all âpandemic? what pandemic? letâs PARTY, WHOOOO!â
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And the stupidity continuesâŚ
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She also left her FB page set on public - itâs a bloodbath there.
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The lawsuit alleges that the vaccine mandate forces service members, federal employees, and federal employees to âinject themselves with: (1) a non-FDA approved product; (2) against their will; and (3) without informed consent.â
They get all three of their bullet points, that their case relies on, wrong? Thatâs impressive.
âThere is perhaps no greater usurpation of fundamental constitutional rights than forcibly injecting a foreign substance into an American citizen,â
Good thing no one is doing that in this case. Next!
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Um, did they serve overseasâŚdonâtcha have to get vaccinated vs. lots of icky diseases depending on where youâre sent?
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I could be wrong, but Iâm pretty sure you have to get a lot of vaccinations even if youâre not sent overseas.
But, yes, if youâre sent overseas, itâs even more so. And if youâre stationed with family, the dependents get it, too!
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If they actually stayed isolated at home, we should be okay.
OTOH, this was just last week:
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Update:
The Fountainside is an old hotel that was bought by UTAS shortly pre-pandemic, with the intention of using it for student accommodation. Itâs now being used as a quarantine facility.
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As someone who started drinking around 16 and going to bars around 17, Iâve always found the teen movie fake ID drama thing funny.
Like sure, theyâll put an X on your hand instead of a stamp, or a different colored wristband. But that doesnât stop your friends from buying a round of drinks or a pitcher to share. And at the stores they only card the person theyâre selling to.
Getting a fake ID and trying to pass it off always just seemed like people were trying to get caught and get kicked out. Or that they saw it in a movie and donât know that real life isnât Hollywood.
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An indeterminate number of teenagers, all exposed, who presumably then scattered across Launceston visiting fuck knows how many other locations.
Stupid kids are just stupid kids, but I could cheerfully give his parents a thorough kicking.
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I should be fine. I was already headed back home by the time that the daft little scrote went to the supermarket.
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