Vaccine & COVID News
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What’s Behind Masks in Cars and Other COVID-19 Insanity
If you wanted to teach a class on how to cause confusion and distrust, you would follow the U.S. government’s coronavirus playbook. A lot has been written about the historically low levels of trust Americans have in their leaders and institutions. There’s been less analysis on what happens when a government has no faith in…Neil Patel -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Scrapping Florida’s COVID-19 Restrictions
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order scrapping all COVID-19 restrictions throughout the state and an accompanying bill that limits localities’ ability to enforce emergency precautions. “I think that’s the evidence-based thing to do,” DeSantis said during a press conference Monday announcing the executive order. “I think folks that are saying they need to be…Andrew Trunsky -
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Root of Mass Shootings Pandemic Is Not Gun Access
Growing up in rural South Carolina on my family’s farm, I developed a love, appreciation, and, most importantly, a respect for firearms. To this day, I remain a collector of firearms and a supporter of the American right to keep and bear arms as enshrined in the Second Amendment. I was taught that safety is…Armstrong Williams -
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With COVID-19 Advice, CDC Too Often Ignores Science
How reliable are government declarations that mask mandates prevent the spread of the coronavirus? Our recent experience with researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has left us less than confident that the public should trust the CDC’s published research, much less any pronouncements based on that research. Our problem involves a paper that the…Norbert Michel -
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Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’
The website of the Beverly Hills city government touts the home of Hollywood celebrities as having “exceptional dining, entertainment, shopping and cultural experiences,” plus an “international reputation as a premier destination in which to live, work and play.” But Mayor Lester Friedman complained in a March letter that Beverly Hills faces “one of the most…Fred Lucas -
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GOP Bill Would Ban Abortion Providers From Receiving COVID-19 Relief
Republican lawmakers will introduce a bill Tuesday that explicitly bans abortion providers from receiving coronavirus aid. The Abortion Providers Loan Elimination Act, sponsored by Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., would “prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under the paycheck protection program,” according to a draft of the proposal provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation….Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden Administration’s Rank Partisanship Won’t Cancel Trump’s Vaccine Accomplishments
President Joe Biden has been taking a bit of a victory lap lately. He is telling the nation that we will have enough vaccine supply for every adult by the end of May and that his administration is on track to meet his stated goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days. According…Rep. Madison Cawthorn -
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Democrats Come to Defense of Gov. Rick DeSantis After ‘60 Minutes’ Segment on COVID-19 Vaccine
Republicans and Democrats alike say they’re horrified by how “60 Minutes” portrayed actions to fight COVID-19 taken by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. On Sunday night, “60 Minutes” aired an edited exchange with DeSantis implying that the Republican governor favored grocery store chain Publix with coronavirus vaccines because Publix had donated to his campaign. The Daily…Rachel del Guidice -
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Texas Governor Orders Ban on COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Passports’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday banning government-issued vaccine "passports” statewide. Abbott, a Republican, said vaccinations against COVID-19 cannot be government-mandated and that state residents’ choice to not receive one should not prevent them from going about their lives. “Every day, Texans are returning to normal life as people get the safe…Andrew Trunsky -
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European Defense Spending Still Rising, but COVID-19 Poses Retrenching Risk
Defense budgets in Europe have thus far weathered the coronavirus pandemic surprisingly well. While that’s good news, it’s no time to become complacent. As the economic impact of the pandemic comes more clearly into focus over the next few years, maintaining defense spending will require sustained political will. The recently released NATO Secretary-General’s Annual Report…Daniel Kochis -
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US Grant to Wuhan Lab on Bat-Based Coronaviruses Didn’t Get Review, NIH Says
An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Experts say the NIH grant describes scientists as conducting gain-of-function research, a risky area of study that, in this case, made…Andrew Kerr -
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Meet Hair Salon Owner Who Went to Jail for Opening During COVID-19 Lockdown
Shelley Luther made national news at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when she was arrested and jailed for a week in the spring of 2020 for reopening her North Dallas, Texas, salon contrary to the county’s stay-at-home edict. “You get a lot of moments of silence by yourself,” Luther said of her week in…Rachel del Guidice -
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US Joins 13 Other Democracies in Condemning China’s Influence on WHO’s Report on Origins of Coronavirus
The State Department issued a joint statement with 13 other democracies expressing concerns over the World Health Organization’s study with China investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Together, we support a transparent and independent analysis and evaluation, free from undue influence, of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the State Department's statement read. “In this regard,…Andrew Kerr -
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Trump Critics Who Called Vaccine Timetable Reckless Now Say It’s Reckless Not to Take Vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci wants former President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to take the COVID-19 vaccine. It is true that a March 2021 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that 47% of Trump 2020 supporters said they would not get vaccinated. It is also true that Trump has urged Americans to take the vaccine. He called…Larry Elder -
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Ex-CDC Director Says He Believes Coronavirus Leaked From Wuhan Lab
Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cast doubt on the prevalent theory about the origins of the coronavirus, saying in an interview released Friday that he believes the virus escaped from a science lab in China. “I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a…Chuck Ross -
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The Racist Sound of ‘Whiteness Is a Pandemic’
The Root is obviously a hyperbolically racial magazine, since its slogan is “The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth.” It’s not surprising that The Root frequently publishes writer Damon Young, author of the memoir “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker.” We’re told he asked important and dramatic questions like “Will this white person’s…Tim Graham -
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Trump’s Tax Cuts Worked. Tax Hikes Now Will Kneecap Economic Recovery From COVID-19.
Three years after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act took effect, Democrats in Congress are ready to roll back some of the most critical reforms. The business tax cuts have been maligned as contrary to the interests of workers. In reality, the corporate tax cut succeeded at allowing new business investment, creating jobs, raising wages,…Adam Michel -
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How Robust Education Marketplace Could Combat Learning Loss From COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic drastically changed K-12 education, as U.S. public and private schools complied with state-mandated closures a year ago. As of January, 72% of the nation’s 56.4 million schoolchildren were learning in remote or hybrid models, according to a nationally representative survey of families. Amid ongoing calls from special-interest groups for continued school closures…Jude Schwalbach -
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Read the Paul-Fauci Exchange About Wearing Masks After Vaccination
During a Senate hearing Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul and Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sparred over whether masks should be used after a person has received a COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s a transcript of their exchange, which occurred during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing: Rand…Daily Signal Staff -
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Team Biden Spreads Fake News About Trump Vaccine Record
Team Biden has a persistent lying problem when it comes to the Trump administration’s supposedly terrible record with the coronavirus vaccine. You could see it again in a March 11 prime-time NBC News coronavirus special, “COVID One Year Later: Life After Lockdown.” On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, anchorman Lester Holt suggested to White…Tim Graham