In sweeping new legislation unveiled Friday, a bill in California would mandate that all businesses require their employees or independent contractors receive a COVID vaccine. The bill, proposed by Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), would require anyone who receives a medical or religious exemption to regularly test for COVID, while those who do not qualify would have […]
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Ending Mandates: Rights Cannot Be ‘Switched Off’ During Emergencies
The ongoing Truckers for Freedom convoy in Ottawa has triggered a shockwave that is reaching all around the world. Even as our authoritarian federal regime continues to double down on measures and threatens to use brute force tactics against peaceful protesters, many provinces are nervously beginning to lay out a timeline for ending mandates. But there is […]
Ontario Declares State of Emergency, GiveSendGo Refuses to Freeze Donations for Truckers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency Friday in an effort to break up truckers protesting on the bridge between Canada and the United States. The leader of Canada’s most populated province said he will enact orders making it illegal to block or interfere with the movement of goods, people or services with […]
A Mini-Review of the Low-Quality Evidence Underlying American Mask Policies
By now, we are all well familiar with the fickle vacillation of public health guidance around community masking. Initially, masks were simply not really effective. Shortly thereafter, they were not only effective for protecting others, but also for protecting oneself. Then they were mandated. Most recently, those cloth masks that have become commonplace, which were encouraged for nearly two […]
Democratic Governors Suddenly Lift Mask Restrictions, Fail to Admit Science
Yesterday, a number of important Democratic governors lifted mask mandates in their states. Almost to a one, they cited the changes wrought by the fast-moving and relatively mild omicron variant of the SARS-CV2 virus as the prime reason for the change. What none of them did was admit what “the Science” has shown for at […]
How to Use Bonds to Get Your Child’s School District to Drop Mask Requirements and COVID Policies
Parents across the country are using surety bonds to take down school mask mandates and tyrannical COVID policies in a clever, little-known loophole that can hold schools, superintendents and board members accountable. In one Illinois county, a mother saved her entire school district and forced them to drop their mask mandate by filing a claim […]
Illinois Judge Halts Mask and COVID Mandates for Schools as Gov. Pritzker Vows to Fight Back
School districts across the state of Illinois are celebrating after a Sangamon County judge ruled that beginning Monday, schools would no longer be forced to mandate masks, COVID vaccines or testing requirements. The ruling was handed down Friday by Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow, who ruled against Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate inside school buildings […]
Shocking Analysis Shows ‘Ill-founded’ Lockdowns Had ‘Little to No Benefit’ on Public Health
When lockdowns first went into effect in early 2020, some people questioned whether the “cure” was worse than the “disease” — choosing instead to continue living their lives and maintaining a sense of normalcy for their children. Two years after “15 days to flatten the curve,” a study has now been published proving lockdowns did […]
The Tides Are Changing in Canada, Will Trudeau Back Down?
Canadian coronavirus lockdown policies have been, and remain, some of the most stringent and restrictive in the entire Western world. It may be a Commonwealth thing, given that Australia and New Zealand have also descended into unrecognizable islands of cruel and capricious public health tyranny. In Ontario, citizens are now allowed to eat popcorn at movie […]
An Open Letter to the FDA on Ivermectin and COVID-19 Treatments
Below is an open letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a letter sent by the agency to the Federation of State Medical Boards and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy discouraging the use of ivermectin for treating and preventing COVID. Shannon Glueck, PharmDA Acting Branch ChiefBranch 4Division of […]