CNN’s Brian Stelter: The CDC Has Become A ‘Punch Line’

CDC, FDA investigating rare tuberculosis outbreak potentially linked to contaminated bone repair product

On Sunday, CNN’s Brian Stelter slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during his broadcast of “Reliable Sources,” saying that the organization has turned into a “punch line” because of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stelter made the comments after playing a clip of an interview between CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie. “All of this mixed messages or new messages has led to a meme on social media poking fun at the CDC’s advice, tweets like, CDC now recommends eating straight off the floor at Waffle House. The CDC now says it’s

‘Texas Is 100% OPEN’: Abbott Invites Super Bowl To Texas

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On Thursday, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott invited the National Football League (NFL) to host the Super Bowl in his state in February, saying that Texas is “100% open.” “Texas is 100% OPEN. We would welcome the NFL & their fans to the Lone Star State,” Abbott tweeted alongside an article on the topic. Texas is 100% OPEN. We would welcome the NFL & their fans to the Lone Star State. https://t.co/CUGXculgb4 — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 7, 2022 The article Abbott tweeted stated, “SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is currently scheduled to host the 56th Super Bowl, but COVID-19

Navy Kicks Out First Sailors For Being Unvaccinated

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Twenty sailors have been kicked out of the Navy for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, the Navy announced Wednesday. The sailors were the first to be removed due to vaccine refusal. According to the Navy, there are a total of 5,268 active duty and 2,980 Navy Reserve sailors who are unvaccinated as of January 5, 2022. The service has approved 8 permanent medical exemptions, 242 temporary medical exemptions and 74 administrative exemptions for active-duty sailors. The announcement comes after a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from penalizing 35 Navy SEALs for refusing the vaccine for religious

DeSantis: Florida Will Be Sending 1 Million COVID Tests To Vulnerable Residents

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During a Fox News interview on Thursday, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that his administration is going to distribute 1 million at-home COVID-19 tests to the most vulnerable people in his state as President Biden has failed to follow through on his promise to send at-home tests to Americans. “You know, the Biden administration promised they were going to send all these at-home tests. They said all you had to do was go online and get it. And nothing has happened in a month and a half with doing that,” DeSantis said. “And so, we looked at it in

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