Summary: Children do not readily acquire SARS-CoV-2 (very low risk), spread it to other children or teachers, or endanger parents or others at home. This is the settled science. In the rare cases where a child contracts Covid virus it is very unusual for the child to get severely ill or die. Masking can do positive…
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David Martin reports “When Science Sold Out”
We’ll have a dive into the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act and what impact it has on today’s gene therapy agenda
New York Times reports “Quarantine May Negatively Affect Kids’ Immune Systems”
Keeping children masked and separated is necessary. It could also undermine their bodies’ ability to learn how to fight pathogens. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is unwittingly conducting what amounts to the largest immunological experiment in history on our own children. We have been keeping children inside, relentlessly sanitizing their living spaces and their…
National Health Freedom Action reports “Coercion to Get Flu Shots is Increasing Based on Fear and Dangerous Thinking”
Coercion: Fear of COVID-19 is being used by academic institutions, state agencies, and even New Jersey legislators, to coerce students and employees into now receiving influenza vaccines. These actions are forcing students and employees to choose between their educational goals or employment and their right to make their own medical decisions. Exemptions for personal or…
Fortune reports “Sweden’s top virologist has a message on how to defeat coronavirus: Open schools and no masks”
The coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the worlds deadliest. But in the past six weeks, Sweden has seen a remarkable turnaround, convincing health officials that its light-touch approach is working. By a per-capita basis, the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the world’s deadliest—worse than the United States, France, or…
Huffington Post reports “Canadian Teen’s Short Film Hauntingly Captures How A Pandemic Loop Feels”
Soul-crushing daily routine has become the norm during these months of pandemic isolation, and a Toronto-area teen has managed to capture the feelings of that endless loop in just three minutes. Liv McNeil, a 15-year-old student at Etobicoke School of the Arts, has astonished many with her short film called “Numb.” https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ontario-teen-numb-short-film-liv-mcneil_ca_5eecd230c5b6d71ac27ff017
Fox News reports “Ingraham: What they’re not telling you”
We must move beyond the hyperbole and focus on what the latest science tells us. #FoxNews #IngrahamAngle
Journal of Paedratics and Child Health reports “Do facemasks protect against COVID‐19?”
Indeed, experiments have shown that surgical and cotton masks do not trap the SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) virus, which can be detected on the outer surface of the masks for up to 7 days. Thus, a pre‐symptomatic or mildly infected person wearing a facemask for hours without changing it and without washing hands every time they touched the…
The Local reports “200,000 would need to wear face masks to stop one new infection: Norway health agency”
Norway’s health authorities have doubled down on their recommendation for those without symptoms not to wear face masks, arguing that the number of infections in Norway was now so low that they were unnecessary. In a memo, published in English on its website, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said that even in the best case,…
Reuters reports “Reopening schools in Denmark did not worsen outbreak, data shows”
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Sending children back to schools and day care centres in Denmark, the first country in Europe to do so, did not lead to an increase in coronavirus infections, according to official data, confirming similar findings from Finland on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-reopening-idUSKBN2341N7