| California Governor Gavin Newsom received a Moderna "booster" dose on October 27, 2021. ((Office of the Governor of California. (2021, November 7). //Watch: Gavin Newsom gets COVID-19 booster.// Sacramento Bee. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article255629336.html)) ((Anthony, L. (2021, October 27). //Gov. Newsom gets COVID-19 vaccination booster shot at Alameda County health clinic.// ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://abc7news.com/governor-gavin-newsom-california-vaccinations-covid-booster-shots-coronavirus/11172811/)) He had previously received a "single-dose" Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot in April 2021, as well as a flu shot the week prior to the Moderna dose.((Woolfolk, J. (2021, November 8). //Where’s Gov. Newsom? Aide dispels bad booster reaction rumor.// The Mercury News. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/08/wheres-gov-newsom-aide-dispels-bad-booster-reaction-rumor)) Two days later, Newsom cancelled a scheduled trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference citing "unspecific family obligations".((Associated Press. (2021, November 6). //Gov. Gavin Newsom remains out of public sight to deal with family obligations.// ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://abc7.com/gavin-newsom-california-governor-newson-family-obligations-today/11202905/)) ((Associated Press, Beam, A., & Ronayne, K. (2021, October 29). //Governor Newsom cancels trip to UN climate conference.// The Mercury News. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/29/california-governor-cancels-trip-to-un-climate-conference/)) After over a week out of the public eye, rumours circulated that Newsom had suffered a case of vaccine-induced facial paralysis by Bells Palsy or Guillain-Barré syndrome.((Jones, A. (2021, November 8). //Report: Gavin Newsom Is Out Of Sight Because He Has Bell’s Palsy From His Booster Shot.// Infowars. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://www.infowars.com/posts/report-gavin-newsom-is-out-of-sight-because-he-has-bells-palsy-from-his-booster-shot/)) ((Grimes, K. (2021, November 8). //With Newsom Still MIA, Rumors of Adverse Reaction to Vaccine Booster Run Rampant.// California Globe. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://californiaglobe.com/articles/with-newsom-still-mia-rumors-of-adverse-reaction-to-vaccine-booster-run-rampant/)) ((Kirsch, S. (2021, November 8). //Gavin Newsom is out of sight likely because he has Guillain-Barre syndrome from his booster shot.// Steve Kirsch’s Newsletter. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-out-of-sight-likely)) ((Berenson, A. (2021, November 5). //Where’s Gavin Newsom?// Unreported Truths. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/wheres-gavin-newsom/)) | |
