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GoFundMe suspends convoy donations

Posted on 04 February 2022

(Linkedin News) - GoFundMe has suspended a fundraiser for the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers and their supporters who are protesting vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions. The group raised over $10 million through the fundraising site, which is now under review "to ensure it complies with our terms of service and applicable laws and regulations," accor ...

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Two hosts of 'The View' test positive for Covid ahead of interview with Harris

Posted on 28 September 2021

(CNN)"The View" host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro both tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, sending the show's remaining hosts into a live-on-television scramble to fill airtime while the show adjusted its plans. Harris did not interact with Hostin or Navarro before the show, according to a White House official. Harris went on to conduc ...

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Fully Vaccinated Temecula Father Dies From COVID-19 While Battling Cancer

Posted on 28 September 2021

A Temecula family is mourning the loss of George McLaughlin, he was fully vaccinated against the coronavirus but passed away from the virus on Sept. 3. Unbeknownst to his family, he was also battling cancer. "George was the last person we’d ever expect to get sick from COVID-19," said Colleen McLaughlin, George's sister. "He just loved life." George, 58, was the proud father of five and g ...

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Houston woman tests positive for COVID-19; hospitals continue to see spike in patients

Posted on 28 September 2021

PASADENA – The number of COVID-19 patients being treated continues to increase every day. One local woman told KPRC 2 that she has tested positive for COVID-19 twice. For the past nine days, she has been fighting the virus, along with pneumonia, at the HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Hospital in Pasadena. “I feel a lot better than I did a whole week ago,” sai ...

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Kentucky woman catches COVID-19 twice, once after being fully vaccinated

Posted on 28 September 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Governor Andy Beshear is dropping COVID-19 restrictions across the state on June 11 thanks, in large part, to the vaccination effort in the state. However, just because you get the vaccine doesn’t mean you’re completely immune to catching the virus again. It happened to one Kentucky woman after she caught COVID-19 and was fully vaccinated. The vaccines that ...

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Fully Vaccinated 35-Year-Old Dies of COVID While Waiting for Last-Ditch Treatment

Posted on 28 September 2021

A 35-year-old woman in Portland died Friday of COVID-19 while on the waiting list for a last-resort treatment. Heather Greeley showed only minor symptoms during the first week of her infection, according to her fiancee Tyler Birkes, who also tested positive. When Greeley first had trouble breathing, Birkes took her to the ER in mid-August, but doctors did not admit her because she did not show any ...

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Family mourns after fully vaccinated woman dies from COVID-19

Posted on 28 September 2021

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — A San Antonio family is devastated after their loved one lost her battle with COVID-19 — even though she was fully vaccinated. Tracy Anderson just turned 48 years old before being admitted to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital Westover Hills. I went to the chapel and her nurses had called and said, 'She’s not going to make it so if there’s something you ...

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Greece sees first death of fully vaccinated Covid-19 patient

Posted on 28 September 2021

ATHENS (AFP) - Greece has recorded the first death of a fully vaccinated patient from Covid-19 without underlying symptoms, an official at one of the country's leading hospitals said on Sunday (Aug 15). "We have the first death of a fully vaccinated patient... it was the first among about 13,000 deaths in Greece," Dr Nikos Kapravelos, director of one of the intensive care units of Thessaloniki's ...

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Fully-vaccinated leukemia patient dies from COVID-19 after letting guard down

Posted on 28 September 2021

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. - An Apollo Beach father living with leukemia died from COVID-19 last week despite being fully vaccinated, and his son said he hopes his dad’s situation motivates others with health conditions to rethink their risk. Daniel Madry, 61, enjoyed spending time on a boat around Tampa Bay and hanging out with family playing music. "He played the guitar a littl ...

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8 fully vaccinated Mainers have died from COVID-19. Vaccines still prevent more deaths.

Posted on 28 September 2021

When Karen Letourneau saw her mother in April for the first time in more than a year, she did not expect it would be the last time. Three weeks earlier, Letourneau’s mother, Patricia Caron of Lewiston, had received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The day they met, Caron felt symptoms of what she thought was a cold. But when Letourneau, who lives in Wales and was partially vaccinated the ...