Bob Rose Show

Local doctor “John” says the politicization of COVID-19 is interfering with his right to practice medicine according to Hippocratic ideals. If someone makes an informed personal choice to not get the vaccine, many doctors are refusing treatments when that person contracts the virus. The doctor talked about administering appropriate Ivermectin treatments, how the drug is supposed to work, under-utilization of blood thinners, and the importance of not delaying treatment.  He said monoclonal antibody infusions are effective in many situations, but not all.  Hear the interview now...

COVID-19 treatments, vaccines and masking are Buggin’ SKY listeners. Some are in favor or a local doctor’s recommended virus protocols, some are not. And a dental worker is bugged by lack of cooperation from patients.

Bob and Greg get the latest from John McDonald, Dir. Of Levy County Emergency Management.

New large COVID 19 testing site opening serving 3 counties. Facility opened at Suwanee County Fairgrounds in Fanning Springs, with full array of testing for Levy, Gilchrist and Dixie Counties. Testing now is more reliable, picking up latest variants. Gives patients and health officials accurate information to quarantine and get treatment. Levy County now is seeing highest positivity rate since pandemic has started, and higher demand for testing. McDonald gave testing schedule and vaccination availability times at health department locations.

How many presidents have said, “We don’t negotiate with terrorists?” Listeners sound off on Biden’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawl. White House gives three different explanations in three public briefings. How will the US absorb Afghanistan refugees? The military bombed ISIS, but hasn’t released video of the attacks. And while Afghanistan is being watched closely, the invasion of the US-Mexico border continues.

Local law enforcement update with Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Art Forgey, with a special salute to 911 dispatchers, the true first responders.

Florida Dept. of Health in Marion County’s Mark Lander looks at the high positivity rates and significant transmission of COVID-19 locally. Hospitals are full, but are able to handle the high patient counts. Monoclonal antibodies treatments are proving effective reducing hospitalizations. Vaccination rates are ticking up in the last couple of weeks, which will help reduce infections. But death rates are climbing among younger patients. Lander says this recent surge looks like it is at its peak, and is hoping the delta variant spread is going to slow. High majority of cases of infections are among the unvaccinated.

US Sen. Rick Scott joined The Bob Rose Show railing on Biden’s Afghanistan pullout. Scott looked at the impact of the pullout, and questioned if Biden’s moves are all part of a larger plan to deliberately cause chaos abroad, at the US-Mexico border, Cuba, and the US economy.

FL 3rd Dist. US House Rep. Kat Cammack laid out step by step the details of the House-passed $3.5 trillion budget package. The spending is huge, and expands the reach of the federal government into areas pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and New Green Deal proponents. The package will be passed through reconciliation, and is in addition to the recently enacted infrastructure bill.