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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City Journal reports “Do We Need Mask Mandates?”
The science suggests that more states should consider rescinding them. Joe Biden has counted on face masks to control the Covid-19 pandemic. On his first day in office, the president issued an executive order requiring masks on federal property and called for their widespread use for 100 days. More recently, the Centers for Disease Control…
AIER reports “The Anti-Lockdown Movement Is Large and Growing”
Feeling outgunned, outnumbered, overpowered, smothered, and censored? Many people who oppose Covid lockdowns and all their associated restrictions feel this way. It’s hard not to. You can hardly post on social media without triggering warnings, corrections, and sometimes outright blocks. Bans are part of the mix too, the complete deplatforming of people merely because they want their…
Swiss Policy Research reports “Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.”
An overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of face masks. So far, most studies found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks in the general population, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control. A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face…
Swiss Policy Research reports “Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.”
Cloth face masks in the general population might be effective, at least in some circumstances, but there is currently little to no evidence supporting this proposition. If the coronavirus is indeed transmitted via indoor aerosols, cloth masks are unlikely to be protective. Health authorities should therefore not assume or suggest that cloth face masks will…
Off-guardian reports “Anteroom of Our Own Extinction
This is now about a year into the pandemic and there have still been no debates, no public roundtables and no referendums. Nothing. Just decrees by the government. I honestly have given up trying to make sense of statistics, really. But a couple of things have not changed; the fatality rate if you catch Covid…
NY Post reports “Dr. Fauci needs to be held responsible for COVID-19 mistakes: Devine”
In his inauguration speech, President Biden pledged to “defend the truth and to defeat the lies.” So let’s start by being brutally honest about Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been the source of some of the most damaging misinformation about COVID-19. At the very least, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert and chief medical adviser to…
Youtube video: “Nurse Gets Bell’s Palsy From COVID Vaccine”
Nurse gets Bell’s Palsy after COVID-19 vaccination, warns public not to take the vaccine.
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…
Billboard reports “How Ticketmaster Plans to Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts”
Monday’s news that pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s early results on a new COVID-19 vaccine showed a 90% efficacy rate on an initial clinical trial have given concert professionals hope that the business can start mounting a return in 2021. As part of that preparation, Ticketmaster has been working on a framework for post-pandemic fan safety that uses smart phones…