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  2020-11-10

  Never concede

  A comic strip about Covid-19
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  2021-07-22

  Hospital staff charging $21,000 for an ICU Hospital Bed

  Hospital beds and medical supplies face enormous pressure with the ongoing pandemic. This article indicates that hospital staff were charging over $21,000 for an ICU hospital bed, a scheme that was broken up by the Peruvian police. If one hospital has been caught, how rampant could this practice be? Also, how can the average Peruvian afford such astronomical prices? The fees and the fact that people paid them show the disparity in healthcare access between Peruvians of means and those without.
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  2021-07-14

  California woman first to face federal charges over fake COVID immunizations, vaccination cards

  A homeopathic doctor in California became the first person in the United States to face federal charges over fake COVID-19 immunizations and falsified coronavirus vaccine cards. Juli A. Mazi, 41, of Napa was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of false statements related to health care matters, the Department of Justice said in a press release. "This defendant allegedly defrauded and endangered the public by preying on fears and spreading misinformation about FDA-authorized vaccinations, while also peddling fake treatments that put people’s lives at risk. Even worse, the defendant allegedly created counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards and instructed her customers to falsely mark that they had received a vaccine, allowing them to circumvent efforts to contain the spread of the disease," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.
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  2021-06-24

  COVID scam awareness sign

  When I visited the library today, I noticed in the large assortment of flyers on the community posting board a flyer warning about COVID-19 scams. The flyer is from the California Senior Medicare Patrol, and mentions a variety of different scams related to vaccine distribution that people should avoid. It also provides a hotline phone number. The photo was taken on June 24, 2021.
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  2021-05-16

  HERMIT HERALD, ISSUE 114

  REP. MINORITY LEADER, NO BALLOT FRAUD
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  2020-07-08

  Big uptake of COVID-19 emergency benefit program in N.W.T and Nunavut

  27,790 people in the the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have received the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit for one month or more.
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  2020-11-18

  HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 78

  ELECTION CONTENTION
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  2020-11-12

  HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 77

  Election results fighting
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  2020-05-29

  An article discussing how scammers are taking advantage of seniors during the pandemic.

  An article discussing the fraud and scams that are an additional concern for the elderly during the pandemic. Usually a key demographic for scammers to target, the elderly are dealing with unscrupulous people who would commit fraud during the pandemic.