HEALTH
Pritzker Refuses to Commit to Lifting Illinois COVID Restrictions
Illinois's Democrat Gov. JB Pritkzer refused to commit to lifting the state’s coronavirus restrictions when asked this week when the state could move from Phase 4 to his proposed Bridge Phase.
The Bridge Phase would increase capacity limits at gyms, museums and spectator events, and it would allow businesses to...
Oregon Extends Mask Mandate…Forever??
(Headline USA) Oregon adopted a controversial rule on Tuesday that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements for all businesses in the state.
State officials say the rule, which garnered thousands of public comments, will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the...
Persuade the ‘Doubters’: Biden Wants 70% of US Adults Vaccinated by July 4th
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one shot to 70% of adult Americans by July Fourth as he tackles the vexing problem of winning over the “doubters” and those unmotivated to get inoculated against COVID-19.
Demand for vaccines has dropped off markedly nationwide,...
STUDY: Stay-at-Home Orders Backfired — Here’s Why
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) Last summer, NBC News reported that New York state health officials were stunned by the number of hospitalized patients who said they had contracted COVID-19 while staying at home.
The data, collected from 113 hospitals who surveyed patients over a three-day span, suggested more than...
NJ School Nurse Suspended After Questioning Why Students Need Masks
A New Jersey school nurse was suspended after questioning why students needed to wear masks.
Stafford Township school district nurse Erin Pein posted a YouTube video last week criticizing school mask mandates.
In the video, she argued masks are not effective at stopping the spread of COVID-19, and even if they...
Cuomo Warns New Yorkers to Get Vaccine So They Don’t ‘Kill Grandma’
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is investigated for imposing a disastrous policy that forced nursing homes to care for highly contagious coronavirus patients last year, he warned current unvaccinated New Yorkers that they need to practice “civic responsibility” and get the shot, or they could “wind up killing your...
Sports Teams Demanding Vaccine Passports as Fans Return to Stadiums
As fans return to watch professional sports teams, concerns have grown about stadiums requiring vaccine passports for entry.
Oracle Park in San Francisco and Citi Field in New York are among a growing number of locations to now require digital vaccine verification to attend a game in person.
The technology used...
DeSantis Signs Law Preventing Local COVID Orders, Vaccine Passports
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across his state, signing into law on Monday freshly passed legislation giving him sweeping powers to invalidate local emergency measures put in place during the pandemic — including mask mandates, limitations on business operations...
CDC Took Cues from Teachers Union Over School Reopenings
The nation’s largest teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers, successfully lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to delay school reopenings, according to emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
As the CDC was preparing to issue guidance advising all public schools to reopen fully in...
ADVISER: Biden Still Wears Mask Outdoors Out of Habit
(Headline USA) One of President Joe Biden's top White House advisers suggested Sunday that he's still wearing a mask outdoors out of habit although the latest public health guidance says he doesn't need it.
Questioned about Biden's practice, senior adviser Anita Dunn told CNN's “State of the Union” that she realized...
Cuomo Barred NY Health Officials from Revealing True COVID Death Toll
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office hid the coronavirus death toll in the state’s nursing homes for months, often in direct defiance of state health officials, according to a new report from the New York Times.
Senior aides attempted to prevent the New York State Health Department from releasing the...
Whitmer’s Health Director got $155K Severance a Month AFTER Leaving Mich. Gov’t
(Bruce Walker, The Center Square) After declining four previous requests to testify, former Michigan Director of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon was finally compelled to testify Thursday before the House Oversight Committee.
Gordon abruptly resigned his position in January, and signed a controversial nondisclosure agreement the following month that...
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