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EU politicians asking for war on their soil – Medvedev

The former Russian president has lashed out at German politician Friedrich Merz for saying he would threaten Moscow if elected chancellor 

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Certain politicians in the European Union appear to be intent on triggering a full-blown war with Russia on their territory, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claimed on Tuesday. 

The comments came after German lawmaker Friedrich Merz – leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a contender to become the next chancellor – said he would back an ultimatum to Russia in which Ukraine would threaten to use long-range Western-supplied missiles unless Moscow agreed to a ceasefire. 

The German politician previously accused current Chancellor Olaf Scholz of being too dovish on Russia, criticizing the embattled leader for refusing to supply air-launched Taurus missiles to Kiev. 

Scholz has argued that such a move would make Germany a direct participant in the Ukraine conflict. In contrast, Merz has said that if elected chancellor, he intends to use the Kiev-requested weaponry as leverage with Moscow. He would deliver missiles within a week if Russia rejected Ukrainian demands, he told the Stern magazine in an interview last week.

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Responding on Tuesday, Medvedev argued that the missiles would not change the course of the conflict, but instead would “increase by several times the risk of the conflict entering the most dangerous phase.” 

“Generally speaking, it is surprising how eager the current generation of European politicians are in inviting war to their territory. Notably, to the obvious delight of the Americans and against the wishes of their own peoples,” added Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of the Russian Security Council. 

Inflated egos have replaced the wisdom and experience that European politicians used to show, he claimed.  

Moscow considers the Ukraine conflict to be a US-led proxy war against Russia, which the West intends to wage “to the last Ukrainian.” Kiev has long sought permission to deliver strikes with donated long-range weapons deep inside Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his government will treat any such operation as a direct attack by the supplier of the arms involved. 

Earlier this month, the German ruling coalition collapsed amid disagreements between member parties on future government spending. Scholz has called for a parliamentary vote of confidence in January. Depending on the outcome, he would either lead a minority government or call a snap general election.

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Western states oppose UN motion condemning Nazism

The US, Canada, Germany and Ukraine have voted against the Russia-initiated resolution

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A total of 54 countries, mostly Western states, have rejected a Russia-initiated resolution condemning Nazism in a vote at the UN on Monday.

The US, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Austria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine were among the nations that rejected the motion.

However, their opposition did not prevent the Third Committee of the General Assembly from accepting the resolution, titled “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism, and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.”

The document was supported by 116 countries, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Serbia and Syria. Another 11 UN members abstained.

The victory over Nazism, achieved in the Second World War between 1939 and 1945, “cannot be revised,”Grigory Lukyantsev, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Cooperation on Human Rights, said before the vote.

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"The adoption of this resolution is our duty before those who gave their lives for the sake of peace on Earth, for the triumph of humanity and humanism. Any other stance would be nothing but cynicism and heresy towards those who liberated the world from the horrors of National Socialism,” Lukyantsev insisted.

Russia has put forward the resolution annually since 2005. Last year, it was backed by 112 states, with 50 voting against, and 14 others abstaining.

The co-authors of its current draft included Algeria, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Pakistan, Cuba, South Africa and dozens of other countries.

The 74-paragraph document rejects the glorification and propaganda of Nazism, welcomes efforts to preserve historical truth, calls for measures against the denial of crimes against humanity and to prevent the rewriting of history when it comes to the Second World War.

The resolution also “strongly condemns the use in educational settings of educational material and rhetoric that promulgate racism, discrimination, hatred and violence on the basis of ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief.”

Health board serving Canyon County votes to stop offering COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/canyon-county/article294433864.html#storylink=cpy

Health board serving Canyon County votes to stop offering COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics BY ANGELA PALERMO UPDATED OCTOBER 24, 2024 3:58 PM| 14 THE CDC recommends anyone 6 months and older get the new COVID vaccine to fight the virus. It's a different formula, a doctor explains. BY DAVID CARACCIO AND CLEVELAND CLINIC Southwest District Health will no longer offer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents who want to pay for it. The health district’s board members voted 4-3 to stop administering the vaccine at its clinics after a handful of anti-vaccine doctors, among them Dr. Ryan Cole, who sits on the Central District Health board, gave presentations at a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. Before the meeting, the board received hundreds of public comments asking the health district to remove the vaccine from its programs. Dr. Perry Jansen, the health district’s medical director, gave the only presentation in favor of continuing to offer the COVID-19 vaccine. The health district serves more than 300,000 people in Canyon, Adams, Gem, Owyhee, Payette and Washington counties. “I think the main thing we want to emphasize is that we do believe in a patient’s freedom of choice for their care,” Jansen said. “We’re not talking about mandates for vaccines or anything but the ability for patients to make decisions in coordination with their doctor for their own health.” Dr. John Tribble, the lone physician on the board, said the vaccine “presents much more risk than benefit,” and that recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get it are “patently absurd.” The CDC recommends people age 6 months and older get the updated COVID-19 vaccine that was released this fall. “Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, previously said in a statement. Jansen awknowledged various rare but adverse effects associated with the vaccine in his presentation and indicated that the benefits outweigh the potential risks. For example, he noted that some cases of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, have been observed in young men who received an mRNA vaccine (Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech), particularly after the second dose. The CDC says that such cases are rare and that most patients saw their symptoms resolve by the time of hospital discharge. “In this group, age 18-29, the risk of death from COVID is very small but is higher, quite a bit higher than the risk of even getting myocarditis,” Jansen said. “So you have to balance those risks.” He said that while there are fewer hospitalizations and deaths related to the virus now than they were a few years ago, it’s still circulating, and “people are still dying from COVID.” Boise saw a spike in the level of COVID-19 in its wastewater in early September, according to the city’s dashboard. The state and its health districts no longer keep track of the number of positive cases, so wastewater testing has become a useful tool to track local spread. Tribble argued at the meeting that it wasn’t an issue of personal freedom, because the health district isn’t the sole provider of the COVID-19 vaccine. “You can get this for free at Walmart,” Tribble said, though he didn’t mention that it’s free at those stores only with insurance. “If we continue to offer this, we are giving a tacit endorsement of these shots when we should not be. We are here to protect the public.” Jansen noted that the vaccine is no longer free. Most health insurances cover it, but the updated shots cost about $200 out of pocket, he said. The health district is able to buy doses of the vaccine at a discount and offer it to uninsured residents for less. A federal program previously covered the cost for uninsured or underinsured people. David Wiseman, a bioscientist who said he led a research and development program at Johnson & Johnson, joined the meeting remotely via teleconference and told the board that he agreed with Jansen that patients should have the freedom to choose whether they want to get the vaccine. His issue, he said, was whether the shots should be funded by the health district. Jansen spoke up again to clarify that the vaccines are not subsidized by the health district. The patients pay for the shots themselves, and most come in and ask for it, he said. “We’re not using taxpayer money to buy vaccines to give to people,” Jansen said. He reminded the board that there’s a consensus in scientific and medical communities that the COVID-19 vaccine is broadly safe and effective. He also told the board that “honestly, you’re not qualified” to determine whether the vaccine is safe or not. Still, the board ultimately decided to stop offering it after hearing conspiracy-laden presentations from multiple doctors accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19, including: Cole, a controversial Garden City pathologist who has made unfounded claims about vaccine dangers such as that mRNA vaccines cause cancer, and who, as a result, was restricted from practicing most medicine in Washington state. Dr. Peter McCullough, a Texas cardiologist who promoted ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. Dr. James Thorp, an OB-GYN who wrote a book claiming the vaccine killed or injured hundreds of millions of people. Dr. Renata Moon, a pediatrician who relinquished her Washington state medical license after arguing that children didn’t need the vaccine. McCullough alleged in his presentation that the vaccines were giving people COVID-19. “Doctors like myself are seeing patients, now patient after patient, who have taken a COVID vaccine, and because the vaccines don’t work they get COVID as well,” McCullough said. Nearly three hours into the meeting, Kelly Aberasturi, the board chair and trustee, asked the presenters to “get it wrapped up as soon as possible,” saying that the same presentation had been delivered to the board a couple of years ago. After the presentations, Jennifer Riebe, a commissioner for Payette County, spoke in favor of continuing to offer the vaccine at the health district’s clinics. “I just want to remind us there are a lot of taxpayers in our district that would like to come here and take that vaccine,” Riebe said. “You’re speaking, I think, for the taxpayers that don’t want the vaccine. We have a broader constituency than that.” Riebe expressed concerns that the board would go after other vaccines next, such as the measles, polio or shingles vaccines. The health district offers over a dozen vaccines for diseases that it says can cause hospitalization or even death, especially in infants, young children and older adults. “I’m not comfortable with that,” she said. The board members who voted in favor of no longer administering the vaccine at health district offices include Tribble, the physician representative; Viki Purdy, executive council representative from Adams County; Zach Brooks, commissioner from Canyon County; and Bill Butticci, commissioner from Gem County. Those who voted against were Riebe, the commissioner from Payette County; Aberasturi, the board chair and the commissioner from Owyhee County; and Lyndon Haines, the board vice-chair from Washington County. By law, Idaho’s district boards of health must have a representative from each county in the district and a physician, if one is available to serve. The COVID-19 vaccine is still available at pharmacies and health care clinics elsewhere in the counties the health district covers. READ NEXT BOISE & GARDEN CITY Vaccine-skeptic doctor on Boise-area health board let his medical license lapse. Now this SEPTEMBER 04, 2024 5:04 PM

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Idaho health agency halts COVID vaccine program, joining backlash

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A health department in Idaho has voted to halt its COVID-19 vaccination program, joining the growing number of regional governments pushing back against federal vaccination recommendations.

These actions concern some public health experts who fear health departments elsewhere in the country may stop offering vaccines and other vital health services.

Board members at Southwest District Health, outside of Boise, questioned the vaccine’s safety during their Oct. 22 meeting and narrowly voted to stop providing the shot in the six counties they serve.

Health departments in Texas, Florida and Michigan that led vaccination campaigns in their communities at the height of the pandemic have also pushed back against the COVID-19 vaccine.

Last year, Texas policymakers banned health departments and other organizations funded by the state government from using funds to promote their vaccination efforts.

The Florida Department of Health issued guidance in September warning Floridians not to get mRNA COVID-19 shots after Joseph Ladapo, the state's surgeon general, recommended people avoid them in 2023.  

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In Michigan, commissioners in Ottawa County turned down a $900,000 grant for their health department in September. Joe Moss, chair of the commission, said at the time he was “opposed to accepting any COVID grants,” according to the The Holland Sentinel. The revised budget came a year after threats to slash funding sparked local protests.

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In Idaho last month, some residents applauded the decision by the Southwest District Board to ban COVID-19 shots. Judy Call, 74, who submitted an email for the public comments portion of the meeting, said the board members made the "right call."

“I am grateful that this particular health district had the courage to stand up against the enormous pressure to ‘fall in line,'” said Call, who lives in Twin Falls, Idaho, about two hours from Boise, outside the region affected by the decision.

However, legal and public health experts fear the board’s decision may prompt other health departments to halt their vaccine programs and other services.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still reports nearly 300 weekly deaths nationwide related to COVID-19. 

People who don’t have access to affordable health care – including people who are unhoused or live in long-term care facilities – will likely be most affected, said Karl Minges, associate dean for research at the University of New Haven’s School of Health Sciences in Connecticut.

“It’s a local health department abandoning its duty,” he said. “Their job is to uphold public health and respond to public health crises and they’re abandoning … those that have limited opportunities to get the vaccine from a local pharmacy or hospital.”

 

Southwest Idaho Health District Board pulls COVID vaccines from its clinics

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Residents in the Southwest Idaho Health District will no longer be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at District Health offices.

The District’s Board of Health voted 4-3 Tuesday to remove the COVID-19 vaccines from its facilities after receiving around 300 public comments urging them to do so. The board vote followed anti-vaccine presentations from multiple doctors widely accused of spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation, including Idaho pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole.

Other presenters joined by teleconference, including Dr. Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist who had his medical certifications threatened by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 2022, pediatrician Dr. Renata Moon, who has sued Washington State University over free speech when the school did not renew her contract after an appearance before a 2022 U.S. Senate panel questioning vaccines, and Dr. James Thorp, an OB/GYN who was featured in the conspiracy-laden and widely debunked documentary 'Died Suddenly.'

They were invited to participate by the only physician on the Southwest District board of health, Dr. John Tribble. The board initially heard a presentation from a district staff physician, Dr. Perry Jansen, who recommended keeping the vaccine available through the health district offices.

"We really serve as a safety net provider for people who can't get health care in any other way, largely because of finances," Jansen told the board. "We're able to offer free and discounted services for people who don't have access through private care."

COVID-19 vaccines are no longer free, but public health departments can purchase them at a discount. Health insurance often covers the cost of the shots, but anyone paying out-of-pocket would pay less at their local health district clinic.

Many public comments received by the board expressed outrage at local tax dollars supporting COVID-19 vaccine distribution, but Jansen reminded the board that people who want the shots pay for them, either through insurance coverage or in cash, and the health district is not subsidizing the costs in any way.

Board chair Kelly Aberasturi questioned the authority of the board to remove vaccines for everyone, saying many going to the District for COVID vaccines are referred by their doctor.

“So now, you're telling me that I have the right to override that doctor? Because I know more than he does?” Aberasturi said.

"It has to do with the right of the individual to make that decision on their own. Not for me to dictate to them what they will do. Sorry, but this pisses me off," he added.

Tribble disagreed, saying the COVID vaccines had not been proven to be safe.

“They show up at the door, trusting us, and we continue to break that trust by saying, tacitly or otherwise, that these things, there's no risk from these.”

The CDC recommends everyone above the age of six months receive a COVID vaccine and acknowledges the potential risks.

Board member Jennifer Riebe said she didn’t agree with a lot of the CDC’s recommendations but didn't think it was the board’s role to make this kind of decision.

“My concern with this is the process because if this board and six county commissioners and one physician is going to make determinations on every single vaccine and pharmaceutical that we administer, I'm not comfortable with that," she said. "It may be COVID now, maybe we'll go down the same road with the measles vaccine or the shingles vaccine coverage.”

“I don't know why we as a health agency, as a public health agency, would want to give that or make it available when they can go other places,” said board member Viki Purdy.

Dr. David Pate, the former CEO of St. Luke's Health System who also served on the Governor's Coronavirus Task Force told Idaho Matters the decision would only serve as a financial barrier to those who wanted to get the vaccine.

"We've got tons of data now, and the fact that there is this group of physicians who is still able to promote scientific nonsense and scare people, and have a public health board of all people, fall for it, and vote in favor of vaccine disinformation is disheartening," he said.

The District serves Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette and Washington counties. The organization had already received 50 doses of the vaccine at the time of the vote; they are still scheduled to go towards residents of a skilled nursing facility in Canyon County.

COVID vaccines are still available at other locations, like commercial pharmacies and healthcare clinics not affiliated with Southwest District Health.

Note: A draft version of this story was briefly published and has been updated

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Macron in dire straits

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Emmanuel Macron's confidence rating is at an all-time low, with only 21% of French people still trusting him, according to the latest Elabe barometer for Les Echos.

According to the pollsters, this new drop, of one point in one month and six points since August, can be explained by the lack of understanding surrounding the recent dissolution of the National Assembly and France's difficult budgetary situation. Some 73% of French people say they don't trust the president, and 48% even say they don't trust him at all, a level close to the peak of unpopularity reached during the “Yellow Jackets” crisis in 2018.

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According to Bernard Sananès, president of the Elabe institute that carried out this opinion survey, the rise in Macron's unpopularity can be explained by a “triple effect”: the negatively perceived dissolution, a presidency considered as not very active, and an economic and budgetary record judged unfavorably. Added to this is the slow implementation of the government led by Michel Barnier, which contributes to the impression of a persistent political stalemate. The current budget debate, chaotic and difficult to follow, is also causing concern among the French, who fear they will suffer the consequences. Emmanuel Macron thus seems to be crystallizing general discontent, touching on the political situation, deficits and insecurity all at once, with no prospect of recovery emerging for the time being.

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