Vaccinated Coeur d'Alene woman shares COVID experience

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Author: Mary Alice Ginther
Published: 4:44 PM PDT September 24, 2021
Updated: 4:44 PM PDT September 24, 2021

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A Coeur d’Alene woman said Friday that receiving Regeneron therapy helped her recover from COVID-19 ...

“I would not want to have this [COVID-19] without being vaccinated,” Chestine said. “The Regeneron boosted my immune system, so it is well worth it. Both my husband and I have had Regeneron and we would not hesitate to take it again” ...

“Everybody needs to be vaccinated,” Chestine said. “We have to fight the spread of this virus” ...

https://www.krem.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccinated-coeur-dalene-woman-shares-experience-with-monoclonal-antibody-therapy-for-covid-19/293-8b312b07-5910-44a9-9bc0-c36ee5276dd3

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1. Idaho nurse who refused COVID vaccine dies

By DAVID MATTHEWS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 21, 2021 AT 1:22 PM

... Natalie Rise, a 46-year-old mother of 10-year-old twins with special needs, died Aug. 22 in Coeur d’Alene, which is still seeing a surge in cases as the entire state has become overwhelmed. A day later, the Food and Drug Administration gave its full approval to Pfizer vaccine, the same day Daryl Rise said he got his first jab.

“I got it out of fear,” he said.

The Idaho man said his mother, who is recovering and out of her coma, has not decided on whether to get vaccinated ...

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-idaho-nurse-refused-vaccine-dies-family-20210921-id37idxpszhwhnaohgc7u6ccly-story.html

[Maru Kitteh]

4. I saw that A-Hole on TV, said getting vaxxed was the "hardest decision of his life"

Said it was a struggle between his fear and "being right with GAWD."

Fuckit asshole. Just do us all a favor and die.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Cue the Idaho zombie squad. I hope she and her husband have

a good security system and an honest LEO on speed-dial.

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3. State may fight Biden vaccine mandate

September 16, 2021 1:07 AM

Gov. Brad Little wrote Wednesday that the state of Idaho is exploring legal action to stop President Joe Biden’s “unprecedented government overreach into the private sector with his new COVID-19 plan” ...

Biden said last week that he instructed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to draft rules mandating that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly ...

Little continues to urge Idahoans to choose to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and take steps to protect themselves and others from the virus “so our kids can stay in school and for the continued health and prosperity of the people of Idaho.”

https://cdapress.com/news/2021/sep/16/little-state-fight-biden-vaccine-mandate/

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5. Hospitals in crisis mode

By NATE HEGYI • SEP 20, 2021

... Crosby’s elderly relative was showing stroke-like symptoms. He was eventually airlifted to North Idaho’s biggest hospital… Kootenai Health in Coeur D’Alene. He needed intensive care. But when he got there...

“There were no beds available in the ICU. It was totally filled with COVID patients, certainly almost all unvaccinated.”

Crosby says his brother-in-law had to wait in the emergency room for two days before an ICU bed opened up. He survived but overcrowding is a problem in a growing number of hospitals across the West. ...

https://www.kpcw.org/post/hospitals-crisis-mode-care-being-rationed-throughout-region#stream/0

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6. Coeur d'Alene School District to hold meeting to discuss masking, quarantine

Posted: September 23, 2021 5:11 PM
Updated: September 24, 2021 7:29 AM by Tasha Cain-Gray

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The Board of Trustees for the Coeur d’Alene School District will hold a special meeting Friday.

According to the agenda, trustees will be talking about masking and quarantining as part of the reopening plan. Masks could be required for students, staff and visitors on a “temporary basis to help mitigate the soaring rate of new COVID cases and hospitalizations locally” ...

https://www.kxly.com/coeur-dalene-school-district-meeting/

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7. Coeur d'Alene School District mask meeting canceled as protesters shout

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021
By Jim Allen

A crowd protesting a Coeur d’Alene School District meeting Friday afternoon on a renewed effort to implement a mask mandate shouted at police and school officials.

The meeting was canceled before action was taken as protesters chanted “No more masks,” and pressed to the front of the offices where the meeting was taking place ... School personnel went on lockdown as police responded ...

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/24/coeur-dalene-school-district-mask-meeting-canceled/

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8. I saw a good idea in "The Nation," Sept. 20-27 issue. Also funny!

Page 10 has a good cartoon by Jen Sorensen, called "Horse Sense for Pandemics." The cartoon suggests ways that the MAGA people might be gradually led to accept masks and shots, through their interest in barnyard animals.

[Enter stage left]

9. Wow, there's actually 2 intelligent people in Couer d'Alene...

I'm shocked, shocked I say.

We're in Pocatello right now and were just in a WINCO here in town. As a rough guess my wife & I would say only 30-40% masked.

We just left Washington state and their mask rates are 80% and above.

What is the difference, you ask?

What are the death rates in the two states, you ask?

Why the disparity, you ask?

Look at the political party of the Governors.

[CanonRay]

10. Cue the death threats in 3..2..1

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11. A neighbor of ours who works as an NFL publicist

was turned down a very high paying job because he refused the vaccine. He went ahead with it but then 48 hours before the event they told him that he couldn’t work it because his vaccination was not within the specified time schedule.

He threw a giant fit, called NFL, etc, because he didn’t want to take it in the first place.

Quite possibly saved his life but there he was throwing a tantrum.

Boo hoo.