(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 12 things you need to know this Thursday – September 2, 2021

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Tom Wolf Flip Flops, Announces School Mask Requirement Despite Saying He Would Not Mandate One – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on Tuesday opted to strip choice from localities and parents, announcing a statewide school mask mandate despite stating mere weeks ago that his administration would not mandate one.

Wolf touted the Secretary of Health order requiring students to wear masks in school, which takes effect September 7. – READ MORE

Ohio Judge Orders Hospital to Treat Ventilated COVID-19 Patient With Ivermectin – A Butler County judge in Ohio has ordered a hospital to administer Ivermectin to a ventilated COVID-19 patient, granting an emergency relief filed by the patient’s wife.

Butler County Common Pleas Judge Gregory Howard ruled last week that West Chester Hospital, part of the University of Cincinnati’s health network UC Health, must “immediately administer Ivermectin” to patient Jeffrey Smith following his doctor’s prescription of 30 mg of Ivermectin for 21 days, the Ohio Capital Journal reported. – READ MORE

Colorado Mandates Vaccines for Healthcare Workers – Colorado is the latest state to mandate the coronavirus vaccine for healthcare workers following the State Board of Health approving the requirement.

In a 6-1 vote on Monday, the board approved the emergency rule requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus. According to the AP, the rule “applies to staff and contract workers who work with patients or clients at about 3,800 licensed facilities regulated by the board.” Doctors’ offices and urgent care centers are not included. – READ MORE

CDC Director Walensky Tells Unvaccinated People: Don’t Travel Over Labor Day Weekend –The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 should not travel over the forthcoming Labor Day weekend.

“Given where we are with disease transmission right now, we would say that people need to take these risks into their own consideration as they think about traveling,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, adding that vaccinated people should wear masks. “If you are unvaccinated, we would recommend not traveling.” – READ MORE

Female Soccer Players at Western Michigan Win Temporary Restraining Order Against Vaccine Mandate – Four Christian female soccer players won the first round in their suit against Western Michigan University (WMU) for allegedly violating their constitutional rights by mandating they be vaccinated.

The university’s policy required that all of its athletes be vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus by Tuesday or be banned from intercollegiate sports. – READ MORE

Lawyers Helping Airline Workers Land Religious Waivers Against COVID-19 Vaccines – A Florida-based coalition of lawyers says that it’s going to represent thousands of U.S. airline workers seeking a religious exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccines.

Liberty Counsel, an international group that advocates for religious freedom, said at least 3,000 employees representing 15 airlines in the United States and abroad have come forward asking for legal help. – READ MORE

NFLPA Opens Investigation After Jags’ Urban Meyer Says Vax Status Factored into Roster Cuts – Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer is under investigation by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) after admitting that he factored players’ vaccination status into final roster cuts.

It’s no secret that the NFL has imposed tons of restrictions and limitations on unvaccinated players and has done just about everything short of mandating that players get vaccinated. However, they have not mandated that players receive the vaccine, and they have forbidden their coaches and execs from factoring vaccination status into roster and hiring decisions. – READ MORE

John Smoltz, Al Leiter won’t appear at MLB Network studios after refusing vaccine – Hall of Famer John Smoltz and former Met and Yankee Al Leiter will no longer appear in-studio for MLB Network after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned.

MLBN has made it mandatory for all employees to be vaccinated, with the mandate going into effect Sept. 1. MLBN executives, Smoltz and Leiter made a compromise to keep them on-the-air, but not in the Secaucus studios. They will both appear remotely for the shows. – READ MORE

Is Biden Fudging the Numbers on Americans Left Behind in Afghanistan? – According to the Biden administration, no more than a couple hundred American citizens remain in Afghanistan. President Biden said in his speech on Tuesday that most are dual citizens with family ties to the country and many don’t want to leave.

But, according to a U.S. official who spoke with the Daily Caller last week, there are likely a lot more still in the country. He said at the time there were an estimated 8,000 Americans in the country and it was doubtful we’d get to bring them all home. According to one estimate, roughly 350 Americans were being evacuated daily alongside thousands of Afghans—meaning that if the U.S. official’s estimate that there were 8,000 Americans still in the country last week was correct, there’d be over 5,000 Americans left behind by the Biden administration—not a couple hundred. – READ MORE

Millions of Americans Set to Lose Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Next Week, No Signs of States Extending – Millions of Americans are set to lose their federal pandemic unemployment benefits as a Sept. 6 deadline approaches for an end to the emergency programs, with dim prospects for any extensions in light of surging demand for workers and reports that states are not moving to extend them.

Around 7.5 million Americans are set to fall off a “benefits cliff” as the September cutoff looms for the federal pandemic unemployment programs, which include the $300 weekly supplement to state benefits, according to an estimate by The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank. – READ MORE

San Francisco will pay people to not shoot others: ‘Cash for criminals’ – San Francisco is rolling out a pilot program that will pay high-risk individuals to not shoot anyone as gun crimes tick up in the city.

“These small investments can transform the lives of individuals, but they can also transform communities,” Sheryl Davis, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, told Newsweek. – READ MORE

Key Medicare Fund Will Be Insolvent in Just Five Years – Five years.

That’s how long until Medicare officially can’t pay all of its bills, according to the latest report on the program’s fiscal health. After that, without changes, the program will start to miss payments. Medicare is on track for a serious fiscal meltdown.

First, the gory details: Starting in 2026, the program’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund, which covers a variety of inpatient hospital services, will be depleted, leaving the fund to operate on a cash-flow basis—and there won’t be enough cash coming into the program to pay all of the bills. Instead, the program will be able to pay about 91 percent of its tab, Medicare’s Trustees estimate. Without changes to the program’s financing structure, that percentage will shrink, leaving Medicare able to cover a smaller and smaller share of the costs associated with the HI fund. – READ MORE