Dying COVID-19 Patients Beg For Vaccine, But It’s Too Late

ACROSS AMERICA — A doctor in Alabama, among the states with the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates, has said she has been begged for the vaccine by patients before their deaths.

Dr. Brytney Cobia of the Grandview Media Center said she’s admitting a rising number of “young healthy people to the hospital with very serious COVID conditions.”

“One of the last things they do before they're intubated is beg me for the vaccine,” Cobia said. “I hold their hand and tell them that I'm sorry, but it's too late." Read the story on Birmingham, Alabama, Patch

Scabby Squeaks By In Court

Scabby, the large inflatable rat seen at union protests nationwide, narrowly avoided getting popped.

A union icon that’s been at labor disputes for about 30 years, Scabby was under review for apparently scaring away potential attendees at an Indiana RV show. But a National Labor Relations Board ruling determined that the balloon's red-eyed mug did not violate the National Labor Relations Act.

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"Those difficult experiences all led me to where I am now."

— Robert Rodriguez, a Paralympian in the triathlon who lost his leg as a child, via Bay Shore, New York, Patch

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