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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will boycott Major League Baseball events | The Texas Tribune (Me: Running for Crown Prince of Pettiness?)

Abbott also said Monday he was declining to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ home opening game.

Source: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will boycott Major League Baseball events | The Texas Tribune

’60 Minutes’ Details How Rich Floridians Cut the Line to Get COVID Vaccine

President Joe Biden announced that 90 percent of Americans will have access to COVID-19 vaccines by April and folks can get their shots within a five-mile radius. Issues of access have been a long-standing problem since the vaccine rollout began, but 60 Minutes reports that the vaccine rollout in Palm Beach County is drawing suspicions that the wealthy are being favored over poor residents.

Source: ’60 Minutes’ Details How Rich Floridians Cut the Line to Get COVID Vaccine

Possible ‘trigger’ for Crohn’s disease discovered, may lead to new treatment – Study Finds

“New therapies are on the way – we are one step closer to figuring out how this Crohn’s disease-associated bacteria lives in the gut and when we do that, we can develop new treatments,” Coombes concludes. Source: Possible ‘trigger’ for Crohn’s disease discovered, may lead to new treatment – Study Finds

40,000 American children have lost a parent to COVID-19 – UPI.com (Me: Covid deniers and anti-vaxers – consider these children’s loss…)

An estimated 40,000 children in the United States have lost a parent to COVID-19 and may be in need of support, according to a statistical model developed by Penn State.

The model, announced Monday, shows the impact uniquely felt in young community from COVID-19.

Source: 40,000 American children have lost a parent to COVID-19 – UPI.com

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort – The New York Times

Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Okla., refused to get a Covid-19 vaccine because she believed it contained “aborted cell tissue.”

Nathan French, who leads a nondenominational ministry in Tacoma, Wash., said he received a divine message that God was the ultimate healer and deliverer: “The vaccine is not the savior.”

Lauri Armstrong, a Bible-believing nutritionist outside of Dallas, said she did not need the vaccine because God designed the body to heal itself, if given the right nutrients. More than that, she said, “It would be God’s will if I am here or if I am not here.”

The deeply held spiritual convictions or counterfactual arguments may vary. But across white evangelical America, reasons not to get vaccinated have spread as quickly as the virus that public health officials are hoping to overcome through herd immunity.

Analysis: Texas corporations denounce GOP effort to restrict voting options | The Texas Tribune

“Major Texas employers are stepping up and speaking out against voter suppression, and for good reason,” tweeted former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, who blocked Patrick’s way on the bathroom bill four years ago. “Texas should not go down the same path as Georgia. It’s bad for business and, more importantly, it’s bad for our citizens.” And another San Antonio Republican, state Rep. Lyle Larson, did his best to distinguish the Texas conversation from the national one, and to point out that Democratic voters aren’t the only ones who might be hurt by the Texas legislation: “64% of Texas Republicans cast their ballots early. Republicans cast half of all absentee ballots in Texas’ 2020 general election. Among all Republican voters 55 or older in Texas, 91% voted early or by mail. Are we trying to make it harder for Republican voters to vote?” The corporations that jump into this might be “people,” but don’t have voting rights at stake. They do have businesses to protect and legislative risks ahead if they cross the same legislators they hope will support them on taxation, law, economic development and other matters more common to their interactions with state government. It’s unusu

Source: Analysis: Texas corporations denounce GOP effort to restrict voting options | The Texas Tribune