In today’s news and poll of the day - part 2

I guarantee you the right who have been demanding the President do something like this will now find something to criticize him about.

1-25-2022


This is on trump when he made COVID -19 a political issue.  Now you have these politicians acting like they are medical types that know better then the real medical types.  And then you have these fools that believe the politicians over the medical types.

From ABC News….

“Florida governor vows to 'fight back' against FDA's 'reckless' decision”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to "fight back" against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "reckless" decision to limit the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 that were found to be ineffective against the now-dominant omicron variant.

"This is wrong what they are doing, and we have many people now who are very concerned because they were going to go in and get it today or tomorrow," DeSantis said during a press conference Tuesday.

While the governor acknowledged that the treatments are less effective against omicron, he claimed that people in Florida have seen their COVID-19 symptoms clear up in the last month after receiving the treatments. DeSantis, however, did not offer data to support that claim.

"We're going to fight back against this," he told reporters.

When asked whether he plans to take legal action against the federal government, DeSantis said: "I don't know. We're going to see what we can do."

With omicron accounting for more than 99% of COVID-19 infections nationwide, the FDA on Monday revised its authorizations for two of the main monoclonal antibody treatments that have been widely used across the country -- one made by Eli Lilly and the other by Regeneron. The FDA said both treatments are no longer authorized for use in any U.S. state, territory or jurisdiction and should not be used for treatment against COVID-19. In the future, the treatments could still be used to help patients who become sick with other variants, according to the FDA.

Following the FDA's decision, Florida health officials announced that monoclonal antibody treatment sites would be shut down across the state. More than 2,000 appointments for the treatments were canceled statewide on Tuesday alone, according to the governor's office.

"Unfortunately, as a result of this abrupt decision made by the federal government, all monoclonal antibody state sites will be closed until further notice," the Florida Department of Health said in a statement late Monday. "Florida disagrees with the decision that blocks access to any available treatments in absence of clinical evidence. To date, such clinical evidence has not been provided by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."

1-26-2022

From my lofty perch in Sonoma County, this is how you do it!

“Secretary of State Approves Sonoma County’s Voter’s Choice Election Model”

SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) – Sonoma County election officials announced this week that the California Secretary of State’s Office approved the county’s Voter’s Choice Act election model.

County Registrar of Voters Deva Marie Proto said that Sonoma County will now be required to mail every registered voter a ballot for each election in which they are eligible to participate. The county will also have a combination of ballot drop-off boxes and  “vote centers” instead of polling places.

The goal of the Voter’s Choice Act model is to offer voters more flexibility in choosing how, where and when to cast their ballots, Chief Deputy Registrar of Voters Wendy Hudson said.

According to Hudson, vote centers are open “multiple” days, not just on Election Day. Voters can use whichever vote center is most convenient for them, not a pre-assigned location, as with polling centers. The centers will also provide conditional voting registration (such as same-day registration), the ability to change one’s address, language assistance and accessible ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities.

The new model will kick off with an April 12 special election in Windsor, followed by the statewide primary election on June 7.

The registrar’s office will be holding community meetings as well as sending out information about the new model to voters via mailings, emails and other public service announcements, Hudson said.

More information about the new model can be found at sonomacounty.ca.gov/vote.“



Imagine living in an area that officials want to make it easier for those eligible to vote easier to vote regardless of who they are .

Like I said, imagine living in a place that wants to make it easy to vote regardless of who one is. The way it should be in a democracy.  

But it’s not going to happen until all the voters acknowledge what is happening in red states is not right and they chose to do something about it by throwing the bums out of office.

Its almost like these voters who continue to vote for Republicans lack a moral compass.

Not according to Tucker Carlson & Sean Hannity.