Allen West, the Republican anti-COVID-19 vaccine gubernatorial candidate in Texas, is downplaying his admitted case of "COVID pneumonia" as "not serious" despite being hospitalized with low oxygen levels.

Dozens of state troopers in Massachusetts have resigned following the state's recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the latest instance of public servants quitting because of pandemic guidelines.

Responding to the report of holdouts among NBA players who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke in no uncertain terms about their "arrogance" and what he described as hypocrisy when it comes to following guidance from health professionals.

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Several surveys have shown that as many as half of unvaccinated workers insist they would leave their jobs if forced to get the shot, but historical data suggest they're just bluffing.

Right-wing talk show host Wayne Dupree, who has repeatedly downplayed the COVID-19 vaccine, recently admitted he has been "battling COVID-like" symptoms over the course of several days.

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Republican candidate for Nevada's lieutenant governor, Mack Miller, was violently thrown out of a Clark County Committee meeting where a resolution declaring misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccines a public health crisis was announced.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born, Harvard-trained UCLA researcher who opposes mask and vaccine mandates, as Florida's new surgeon general.

George Holliday, the man who filmed the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991, has died from COVID-19.

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Chris Rock's tweet that he tested positive for COVID-19 prompted some anti-vaxxers who clearly don't understand how vaccines work or follow what medical experts have been saying to ask him why he's still recommending the vaccine even he got infected.

A viral video making the rounds on social media is bringing attention to what's being described as a growing trend of people who oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates by exercising vague religious exemptions as a way to skirt the rules.

Right-wing extremists like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens embracing rapper Nicki Minaj and her COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories are the conservative plot twist that no one saw coming this year.

In a clear and pattern, Bob Enyart became the fifth anti-vax right-wing radio host to die of COVID-19 in the past six weeks, each linked by the fateful common truth that they all refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine.