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El Paso Gold’s Gym won’t require face masks for members | KFOX (Stupid is as stupid does)

Gold’s Gym’s in El Paso won’t require face masks for its members after the Texas governor announced he was ending the mask mandate and reopening the state 100 percent.

Gold’s Gym El Paso said although face masks won’t be required they strongly encourage members to use the face masks.

According to Anton Conlon, the CEO of Gold’s Gym El Paso said in ClubSolutions magazine that the news of masks no longer being required in the state of Texas came as a bit of a surprise.

Source: El Paso Gold’s Gym won’t require face masks for members | KFOX

El Paso mayor pleads with Texas governor to reconsider mask mandate | KTSM 9 News

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Mayor Oscar Leeser pleaded with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to reconsider a decision to rescind mask mandates in an open letter Thursday night.   “”The use of facemasks will aid, not hinder, operation of businesses in our community,” Leeser wrote. “I am a business owner. You will find no stronger advocate for business than I am. But I want to keep my employees safe and I want my customers to feel safe.”  In his initial paragraphs, Leeser writes that his brother did not wear a facemask while visiting his mother the night before she passed away. The family was not sure if she was infected with COVID-19, but Leeser suspected she was, he wrote.  “”I implored them to wear a facemask,” he wrote. “My sisters wore a facemask and were not infected. My brother did not wear a mask. Sadly, we lost my brother on Christmas Eve.”   On Tuesday, Abbott announced he was lifting mask mandates throughout the state and that businesses could return to full operation. The decision prompted feedback from local officials who were critical of the decision.

Source: El Paso mayor pleads with Texas governor to reconsider mask mandate | KTSM 9 News

Enthusiastic Seniors Rush to Get COVID-19 Shots as India Expands Vaccination | Voice of America – English

“In India there are huge political followings and once the leaders take the vaccine, it becomes a green flag for the followers to espouse the vaccine,” says Reddy.

Modi and several other leaders took a domestically developed vaccine that some have been reluctant to take because final efficacy results are not yet available. Covaxin is one of the two vaccines being administered in India.

But interim data released Wednesday showing that it is more than 80% effective will boost confidence in the vaccine and expand India’s drive, hope experts.  The company making the vaccine also announced that early indications show that it is also effective against the more-contagious variants of the coronavirus.

Source: Enthusiastic Seniors Rush to Get COVID-19 Shots as India Expands Vaccination | Voice of America – English

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich slams Texas governor for lifting Covid mandates

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich blasted Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday for rescinding Texas’ mask mandate and rolling back other Covid-19 restrictions, calling the decision “mystifying,” “ridiculous” and “ignorant.”

Speaking to reporters before San Antonio’s 119-92 victory over the New York Knicks, Popovich said that the coronavirus pandemic is still raging and that Abbott’s actions defy science.

“I’m worried about the people in our state,” said Popovich, who has led the Spurs to five NBA championships. “That’s a pretty mystifying decision considering the situation that we’re all in.”

Source: San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich slams Texas governor for lifting Covid mandates

Broker che vendono terre indigene rubate su Facebook? … Solo lo scandalo più recente in una continuazione di secoli di saccheggi e distruzioni! — Barbara Crane Navarro

La foresta pluviale amazzonica ospita una su 10 specie conosciute sulla Terra: Ignacio Palacios “Siamo abitanti delle foreste e non vogliamo che la nostra gente muoia. I bianchi probabilmente pensano che il loro Dio riuscirà a rimuovere dal cielo l’epidemia di fumo dalle loro fabbriche? Si sbagliano. Il paradiso … si sta ammalando come noi! […]

Broker che vendono terre indigene rubate su Facebook? … Solo lo scandalo più recente in una continuazione di secoli di saccheggi e distruzioni! — Barbara Crane Navarro

How To Strengthen Social Security

In Saner Thought

For years we have been bombarded by the narrative the the Social Security system is broke and will eventually fail….this has been a Repub narrative for as long as I can remember….and yet SS goes on and on….

But if you want to sure up the system then maybe eliminating the cut-off point for paying into it….and everyone regardless pays into it.

Those are the simple ones…but those are unacceptable to politicians because the wealthy do not want to buy into the system.

Here is yet another way to help strengthen the system….

What does the minimum wage have to do with Social Security? On the surface, they might seem like unrelated issues. After all, the minimum wage is for workers and Social Security is for people who’ve stopped working due to old age or disability. But in fact, the two are closely linked—and raising the minimum wage to a…

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Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to ‘stop whining’ after record Covid-19 deaths

After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop “whining” and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing measures and downplaying the gravity of the pandemic.

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