Retiring Guy's Digest

Friday, December 17, 2021

Dear Amy Swearer, A "free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values" think tank dedicated to White Privilege should never use the phrase 'open mind'. Best, Retiring Guy

Wisconsin State Journal, 12/17/2021

The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse last month on charges related to his Aug. 25, 2020, shooting of three white men during a chaotic night of destructive civil unrest in Kenosha should have surprised no one who watched the trial with an open mind and a basic understanding of self-defense laws. Yet countless blue-check pundits on social media lost their collective minds in a race-baiting game of “What if Rittenhouse were black?”

Meet Amy Swearer, masked up and

ready to do her due racist diligence

This is how low ultra-conservatives have stooped in their fundraising efforts. 24/7 racism.

Original 7/17/2020 post, "Did he really say 'alas'?", starts here.

Yup!

Photo credit: The Heritage Foundation

Reported in Supreme Court Expansion of Transgender Rights Undercuts Trump Restrictions. (The New York Times, 6/15/2020)

The Heritage Foundation has always been about promoting white privilege.

Taylor County Wisconsin LOVES Trump Kool-Aid

Madison.com, 12/17/2021

Since the pandemic began, 26 of the hospital's COVID-19 patients have died. As of Friday, 106 of the 137 COVID-19 patients [77%] at Aspirus' 17 hospitals in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula were not fully vaccinated, including at least 39 of the 43 [91%] in intensive care.

But Faude said many people in the area distrust health care workers. Some demand that their loved ones be treated with ivermectin, an anti-parasite livestock pill that doctors say is not suitable for humans with COVID-19, she said. Skepticism of vaccination seems entrenched, she said.

“They feel like it’s this big hoax that the government is trying to push on people, and so they don’t trust where the vaccine’s coming from or the intentions behind it,” Faude said. [emphasis added]

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In Wisconsin, Sauk County health care workers are 'burning the candle at both ends'

In Sauk County (pop. 65,763), the number of new Covid cases increased more than 100% in the past week.

WI Department of Health Services

60% of Sauk County residents are fully vaccinated compared to 61% statewide.

New York Times

Sauk County is fast approaching its record high 7-day average of new Covid cases set on November 12, 2021.

New York Times

Madison,com, 12/17/2021

At Sauk Prairie Healthcare in Prairie du Sac, about 25 miles northwest of Madison, CEO Shawn Lerch pointed to another way to measure the impact: in blood gas kits, used to measure oxygen levels in blood, a key indicator of how coronavirus patients are doing. The hospital typically uses 20 of the kits per month.

“Right now, we’re using 20 per day,” Lerch said. “Our teams have gone to heroic measures to ensure that safety and quality is maintained, but it’s not sustainable. We are burning the candle at both ends, and then some.”“

Related posts:
Burnett County. (11/27/2021)

Brown County. (12/3/2021)

Clark County. (11/9/2021)

Dodge County. (12/9/2021 update)
Dunn County. (11/9/2021)

Fond du Lac County. (11/23/2021)

Green County. (12/1/2021)

Iowa County. (12/17/2021)

Jackson County. (12/12/2021)

Jefferson County. (11/23/2021)
Juneau County. (11/15/2021)

La Crosse County. (12/12/2021)
Manitowoc County. (11/9/2021)

Marathon County. (12/9/2021)
Marinette County. (11/9/2021)

Milwaukee County. (11/30/2021)