Vaccine & COVID News
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COVID-19 Less Deadly in the North American Arctic
In only a matter of weeks, COVID-19 managed to spread from China to the entire world, including the seemingly out-of-reach High North. Like every other affected region, the Arctic faces its own challenges with the coronavirus pandemic. This is particularly true of the North American Arctic, which consists of Alaska, the northern parts of Canada,…Rachael Menosky -
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How Virginia’s Green New Deal Will Add to Residents’ COVID-19 Costs
While many Virginia residents are still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, their elected officials from Gov. Ralph Northam on down are increasing their financial burdens with radical Green New Deal-style programs, energy policy analysts say. Renewable energy mandates and restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions recently signed into law by Northam, a Democrat, are economically…Kevin Mooney -
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Economy Adds 2.5 Million Jobs as COVID-19 Recovery Begins
The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell from 14.7% to 13.3%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, surprising some experts and shattering most predictions. The new jobs report credits the increase in employment to the limited reopening of the economy, which had been sharply curtailed due to…Timothy Doescher -
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Canceled by COVID-19, National Spelling Bee Needs R-e-v-a-m-p-i-n-g
How do you spell “canceled”? Does it take one “l” or two? According to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, the official dictionary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the preferred spelling is with one “l,” but using two is an acceptable alternative. Either way, the annual National Spelling Bee—which was supposed to have taken place last week—was…Peter Parisi -
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In Hurricane Season and the COVID-19 Response, State and Local Self-Reliance Is Essential
June 1 marked the beginning of the hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects a 60% chance of an “above normal” hurricane season in the Atlantic this year, which is not welcome news after months of responding to COVID-19. The forecast includes a chance of 13-19 named storms, 6-10 hurricanes, and 3-6 major…Lora Ries -
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How 5 Justices Botched the California Church Case on COVID-19 Restrictions
Today’s news reads like it’s ripped straight from the pages of the Old Testament. Plagues and protests dominate the headlines. But unlike Moses, who received his law directly from God, ours today derives from mere mortals. It’s mostly good, but still fallible. As a result, sometimes an individual’s views of God’s law and man’s law…Zack Smith -
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Extreme Environmentalist Ideology Shouldn’t Undercut CDC’s Coronavirus Guidance
The American people must be able to trust the accuracy of public health information disseminated by the federal government, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s why a reported change by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its guidance on COVID-19 for employers regarding commuters is very disturbing. In its original guidance issued last…Daren Bakst -
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These States Reopened a Month Ago After COVID-19 Shutdowns. Here’s What Happened.
Among states that reopened their economies about a month ago, most logged about the same number of COVID-19 cases, though some had more cases and others saw a decline. The closest thing to a discernible pattern is that Western and Midwestern states performed better than Southern states in terms of fewer new cases of the…Fred Lucas -
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What Do We Know About Status of Pandemic? Here’s Some Data to Put It in Perspective
As states reopen across the country, it’s important to understand both where the COVID-19 pandemic has spread and where it is progressing or receding. To further that effort, my colleagues and I at The Heritage Foundation built a tracker that uses publicly available data to provide some basic information, on a county-by-county basis, about the disease. By…Drew Gonshorowski -
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One Man’s ‘Adventure’ Quarantined on a Cruise Ship During COVID-19
Burt Quick, a retired California police chief, took a cruise with his wife last winter only to be quarantined on the ship for five days when other passengers got sick with COVID-19. Quick and his wife then spent two weeks quarantined at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia along with hundreds of other cruise ship passengers….Virginia Allen -
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How COVID-19 Shows Church More Than a Building
Creativity and determination are two of the most appropriate words to describe many churches’ response to COVID-19. Stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures closed the doors of houses of worship across America, so without the ability to meet in person, some churches went out of their way to practice their faith in new and creative…Virginia Allen -
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In Georgia, 6 Owners of Small Businesses Eye Coming Back From COVID-19
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reopened much of his state's economy a month ago, making Georgia one of the first states to begin to do so during the coronavirus pandemic. The Peach State’s stay-at-home order expired April 30 and now only a few kinds of businesses, such as amusement parks, are closed through the end of…Virginia Allen -
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How Big Abortion Has Circumnavigated State Restrictions Amid COVID-19
If there were a fire in your house, what would you save? It’s a timeless question, and one that’s been relevant in the COVID-19 pandemic. State officials have been forced to ask: To prevent loss of life from the novel coronavirus in our state, what should stay open? What is “essential”? As state officials asked…Brittany Jones -
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There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around for COVID-19 Pandemic
The big coronavirus debate is between blaming President Donald Trump and blaming China for the pandemic. The usual suspects are lined up on each side. To anybody who pauses to think for a second, it’s clear the two options are not mutually exclusive. But that’s still how the debate is playing out in the press….Neil Patel -
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Sens. Cruz, Lee Outline How US Should Move Forward After COVID-19 Crisis
Taking a fresh look at deregulation and at “decoupling” the U.S. from China economically will be key for renewed job growth after the COVID-19 crisis ends, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday. “I fully expect over the next coming weeks and months and years, we are going to have an extended…Fred Lucas -
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School Districts Owe Taxpaying Parents a COVID-19 Refund
When elementary and secondary schools began closing in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, most parents assumed they would reopen in a matter of weeks. Instead, schools across the country have remained closed and will likely remain closed for the rest of the academic year. When states closed schools, most encouraged school districts to move…Lindsey Burke -
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Why Beating COVID-19 Will Require Strong Public-Private Partnership
Leading biopharmaceutical research and development companies, in the United States and in other countries, are working nonstop to develop a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In this crisis, government policy must be especially supportive of the research community. In short, public policy must not only ensure that any such vaccine is safe and effective,…Robert Popovian -
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Trump Aims to Power Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery With Regulatory Relief
To help jump-start an American economy that’s stalled because of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is looking to an unlikely source of power: The hardworking Americans who have always made it go. Instead of trying to regulate a recovery—as many of his predecessors have done in difficult times—the president is launching a new round of…Anthony Campau -
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COVID-19 Crisis Is Giving New Power to Bureaucrats, Politicians
Is it important to have racial or sexual diversity in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? Heather Mac Donald suggests that some think it might be in her City Journal article “Should Identity Politics Dictate Vaccine Research?” The funding priorities of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest…Walter E. Williams -
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The UN Is Using COVID-19 to Push Abortion. The US Is Rightly Pushing Back.
One would think that key international organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic would maintain a laserlike focus on the physical and economic damage it has done. But just last week, the acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development had to write to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urge that the United Nations stay…Grace Melton