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 […]