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Florida racist attack shooting is part of growing racist mass violence that is getting worse – Los Angeles Times

“These shootings are getting to the point where they are sadly not surprising but all too common,” said Omekongo Dibinga, a professor at American University and author of “Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters.”

“There is so much racist violence in this country that we don’t even really see it in the news anymore unless it is a mass shooting or in a place where we believe it’s not supposed to happen, like a mosque, a church, a middle school or a store,” he said.

Source: Florida racist attack shooting is part of growing racist mass violence that is getting worse – Los Angeles Times

School District of Philadelphia releases 2023-2024 COVID health and safety protocols – 6abc Philadelphia

Masking will be optional for students and staff except when determined necessary to fight an outbreak.

Those who have been exposed to COVID will be encouraged to wear a mask for 10 days.

Students who test positive will be required to isolate at home for at least five days and participate in virtual learning.

They will also need to wear a mask for five days after returning.

 

Source: School District of Philadelphia releases 2023-2024 COVID health and safety protocols – 6abc Philadelphia

Covid-19: US doctors sue regulator for charging them with spreading misinformation in pandemic | The BMJ

Turner prescribed ivermectin to a 74 year old man over the telephone without discussing other treatments, even though the man had just tested positive for covid-19 and should have been offered monoclonal antibodies, according to guidelines. Six days later the man went to hospital, his condition having worsened, but he could not be treated with remdesivir because his liver enzymes were elevated—a known side effect of ivermectin—and he died 10 days later.

Richard Wilkinson, a doctor in Yakima, has already been found by the commission to have made false statements on his website. He compared the push for covid vaccination to the murder of Jewish people in Hitler’s Germany and wrote that patients should not trust the FDA or the county and state health departments.

He was also found to have provided negligent care to seven covid patients in 2021. In one case a 65 year old man brought to hospital by ambulance left against medical advice when doctors refused him ivermectin. The patient went to the Wilkinson Wellness Clinic, where he was given a prescription for the drug. Several days later he returned to hospital seeking treatment, telling doctors that he was unvaccinated on Wilkinson’s advice. He died of covid-19 at the hospital.

Wilkinson prescribed human ivermectin to a 91 year old man with a fever who had been taking ivermectin paste meant for horses. A week later the patient went to hospital by ambulance, but he was past the window for remdesivir, and his family refused treatment with baricitinib. He also died. Wilkinson was fined $15 000 (£11 870; €13 800), and his licence was put on probation for five years, during which he may not prescribe ivermectin. He must also undergo a clinical competency assessment, the commission ruled.

The other doctor, Ryan Cole, is a pathologist who lives in neighbouring Idaho but has a Washington medical licence. He is accused of prescribing ivermectin to four patients after communicating through instant message chats without taking an adequate history, performing an examination, or obtaining informed consent. Cole is also charged over public statements he made, including the claim that an Idaho surgeon died from the covid vaccine, when in fact the surgeon died of a heart attack six months after his shot.

Source: Covid-19: US doctors sue regulator for charging them with spreading misinformation in pandemic | The BMJ