Vaccine & COVID News
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Fauci, Other COVID ‘Authoritarians’ Will Face Accountability in ’23, BlazeTV’s Deace Says
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s year-end retirement doesn’t mean he will avoid congressional oversight and accountability, said Steve Deace, author of “Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History.” On Aug. 22, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden,…Fred Lucas -
How New Orleans School Vaccine Mandate Is Affecting Students
The District of Columbia has delayed implementation of its controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate in schools. But New Orleans, which The Washington Post calls one of the few other U.S. municipalities mandating such COVID-19 vaccinations for children, appears to be moving ahead—with a slight bureaucratic caveat. New Orleans requires all students older than 5 attending public…Douglas Blair -
DC Delays School Vaccine Mandate After Daily Signal ReportÂ
Fewer than 24 hours after The Daily Signal reported that the District of Columbia would not offer remote learning and planned to bar unvaccinated students, many of whom are black, from attending school in person 20 days after school started on Monday, the city abruptly announced it was delaying the policy until next year. DCist reported that…Douglas Blair -
Taking Mask Off Science Driving COVID-19 Responses as Schools Reopen
Despite the evidence, back to school means back to masks again for some children this year, and parents and educators still don’t have evidence that mask policies keep students or teachers safe. Rather, the experience of the past two years has taught us that teacher unions and other education interest groups, not science, are driving…Doug Badger -
Federalism Enables Americans to Hold State, Local Officials Accountable for COVID-19 Actions
The COVID-19 crisis offered excellent lessons in the advantages of federalism, the division of power between the federal government and the states. Most COVID-19 policies directly affecting Americans were made and enforced, not by Washington, but by state and local officials. Federalism enables citizens to hold these officials directly accountable for what they did or…Robert Moffit -
Examining How COVID-19 Lockdowns So Easily Curbed American Freedoms
Americans still remember how the COVID-19 pandemic led not only to the loss of lives, but the loss of livelihoods. As businesses closed, the government grew in power and Americans’ liberties shrank, contends journalist Cheryl Chumley, author of the book “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom.” “It was alarming to me how…Fred Lucas -
As DC Plans to Ban 40% of Black Teens From School, Mayor Rejects DC COVID-19 Vaccine Numbers
During a Monday press conference, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser seemingly claimed her department’s own numbers surrounding the amount of black school aged children vaccinated against COVID-19 were inaccurate. Unvaccinated school children will be banned from attending Washington, D.C. public schools later this month. In response to a question from The Daily Signal about how 40%…Douglas Blair -
Documents Reveal Collusion Between CDC, Big Tech During Pandemic
Documents newly obtained by America First Legal Foundation reveal deep collusion between public officials and allies in Big Tech to silence dissenting voices. The documents lay bare efforts by officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to push social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to censor so-called medical misinformation. John Zadrozny,…Douglas Blair -
4 Takeaways From Senate Panel’s Hearing on Gain-of-Function Research, COVID-19
Congress held its first hearing Wednesday investigating whether gain-of-function research financed by U.S. taxpayers could have led to the spread of COVID-19. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., chaired the hearing held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight. “Gain-of-function research has the potential to unleash a global pandemic…Fred Lucas -
Biden Gets COVID-19, Exposing Huge Double Standard
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. We should all hope the president has an easy time. We should not ask for media nastiness and/or glee. But this presents an obvious occasion to remember just how the “objective” press made a frenetic, mean-spirited, and hyperbolic mess out of former President Donald Trump’s bout with…Tim Graham -
How Operation Warp Speed Got Vaccines Out in Less Than a Year
Operation Warp Speed was an unprecedented fusion of government and private industry to create a vaccine against COVID-19. What normally would take four or five years to accomplish was done in less than one. Paul Mango, then deputy chief of staff for the Department of Health and Human Services, was there to make sure everything…Douglas Blair -
9 in Air Force Sue Pentagon for Religious Discrimination Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
Nine members of the Air Force are suing the government after officials denied their requests for religious exemptions from the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement. In effect, denial of exemptions for religious reasons and discriminatory treatment force Air Force members to leave the service, said Mike Berry, director of military affairs at First Liberty Institute,…Evalyn Homoelle -
Is Monkeypox Next COVID-19? What One Physician ThinksÂ
Americans should be aware and vigilant about monkeypox, but shouldn’t anticipate another deadly pandemic, a former federal health official says. “This is completely unlike COVID. Now, what we ought to be doing clearly is not ignore it,” Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Daily Signal…Fred Lucas -
Why China Still Hasn’t Ended COVID-19 Lockdowns
Chinese President Xi Jinping is sticking with COVID-19 lockdowns while the West returns to normality because China’s national vaccine is relatively ineffective at protecting against the virus, a medical expert told The Daily Caller News Foundation. China’s lockdowns, missing vaccine drug trial data, and the failure of its “vaccine diplomacy” program are evidence that Sinopharm, China’s…Philip Lenczycki -
8 Things New COVID-19 Corporate Bailout Bill Gets Wrong
The Senate is considering yet another corporate bailout disguised as COVID-19 relief. Roughly 96% of the $48 billion in the bill would go to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a 160% increase above previous funding. The program was created by President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act to redistribute wealth from American families to cherry-picked companies….Richard Stern -
COVID-19 Conditions Deteriorating Rapidly in North Korea
After two years of denial, North Korea admitted its first COVID-19 case on May 12 and imposed a nationwide lockdown in response. The regime’s public admission and draconian response suggests the situation was too severe to remain concealed. Within a day, Pyongyang revealed the epidemic had been raging for weeks and already affected hundreds of…Bruce Klingner -
Another COVID-19 Spending Bill Would Fuel More Inflationary Fire
With the annualized inflation tax now around $8,500 per American household, the last thing we need is more fuel dumped on the inflationary fires. Yet, that is exactly what President Joe Biden has asked Congress to do. Congress is now considering a $48 billion corporate bailout disguised as COVID-19 spending that takes more of your…Richard Stern -
The Effect of China’s Authoritarian COVID-19 Lockdowns
The political costs are not clear. Nothing political in China is. But China’s recent trade figures show China is already paying a real price for Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s authoritarian approach to managing the latest COVID-19 outbreak. How he deals with it going forward will have a major economic impact, not only…Min-Hua Chiang -
Bittersweet Victory for Doctor After Practice Unlawfully Suspended for Refusing Vaccine
After six months of suspension, Rhode Island, in its munificence, has permitted the “defiant” maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Stephen Skoly to reopen his medical practice. Of course, in the mind of the state, the suspension was always Skoly’s own fault. If only he had submitted. When the vaccine mandate for health care workers was promulgated to…Brian Rosner -
COVID-19 School Closures Were Absolute Disaster for Poor and Minority Students, Study Shows
Students that were forced into remote learning due to school closures experienced significant learning loss, which hurt poor and minority students the most, according to a study conducted by researchers at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research. The study looked at the consequences of K-12 hybrid and remote learning over a period of two years,…Kendall Tietz