Vaccine & COVID News
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Here’s an Old Doctor’s Advice as We Battle COVID-19
As a physician, I have observed the nature of many epidemics since the early 1960s, when I entered medical school. As a child, I witnessed my parents’ fear of dreadful diseases such as polio and scarlet fever. The sheer horror of those diseases—especially the polio virus, which condemned children to an immobile life and death…Daniel H. Johnson Jr. -
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Why Must Abortions Continue During a Pandemic?
With COVID-19 spreading through the United States, state and federal officials took extra precautions and shut down nonessential services to preserve medical equipment necessary to combat the disease. In some states, this shutdown includes abortion clinics, since they use personal protective equipment needed by health workers confronting the new coronavirus. As of this writing, government…Nicole Russell -
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Trench Warfare in the Time of Coronavirus
KYIV, Ukraine—Last week Ukraine announced plans to extend until April 24 a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has not let up in intensity, raising concerns among some Ukrainian experts and officials about how the pandemic might impact the country’s front-line combat forces. “I…Nolan Peterson -
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De Blasio, NYC Officials Downplayed COVID-19 Threat After Trump Restricted Travel to China. Here Are 5 Examples.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his top health official were telling citizens to take the subway and attend parades months after President Donald Trump restricted travel to coronavirus-plagued China. De Blasio and New York City Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot took turns telling citizens in February and March that the virus was not…Chris White -
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Predicts How Many Will Die From Coronavirus in America
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top expert on infectious diseases, predicted Sunday that the United States will end up with “millions” of cases of the coronavirus and up to 200,000 deaths by the time the pandemic ends, though he cautioned that any projection of mortality statistics could “easily” end up being wrong. “Looking at what…Chuck Ross -
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An American in China Tells What Life Has Been Like Since COVID-19 Struck
It is challenging to know the reality of how the coronavirus has and will affect China. COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has claimed a reported 3,298 lives in China as of Friday afternoon and infected over 81,000. Although America and the rest of the world now face rampant outbreaks, China already has…Virginia Allen -
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Trump Predicts Coronavirus Deaths to Peak in 2 Weeks, Extends Distancing Guidelines to End of April
President Donald Trump announced fatalities from coronavirus are likely to reach the highest point in two weeks, then begin to decline. He also said he’s extending the guidelines to slow the spread–that were set to lapse on Monday–to the end of April. “The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit…Fred Lucas -
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15 Religious Leaders Share How to Hope During the Pandemic
The coronavirus has drastically changed our world. But the uniqueness of this situation is that we are all facing the same thing together, while being apart. The physical distance we are experiencing can be a great challenge. Schools, business, and churches have closed their doors for an indefinite period of time. But faith leaders from…Virginia Allen -
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COVID-19 Underscores Need to Preserve Economic Freedom in a Crisis
The Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2020 Index of Economic Freedom provides plenty of evidence of the value of economic freedom. People in freer societies live longer, have much higher levels of income and overall prosperity, and enjoy better health care, cleaner environments, and greater educational opportunities than those societies that are less free. Not all…Terry Miller -
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Trump Compels GM to Build More Ventilators for Coronavirus Response
President Donald Trump is applying the Defense Production Act to require General Motors to manufacture more ventilators to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. “Ventilators are a big deal,” the president said at the Friday press briefing. “This invocation of the DPA should indicate to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority…Fred Lucas -
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COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test
COVID-19 has disrupted student life across the nation, closing schools and leading to major questions about what’s in store for high school juniors and seniors as they take their next steps toward college. The virus canceled many college placement exams that had been slated over the next few months. The ACT has postponed its April…Jude Schwalbach -
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Iran’s Coronavirus Propaganda Scapegoats America
The embrace of coronavirus conspiracy theories by Iran’s Islamist regime in recent days has exposed the cynicism and desperation of a beleaguered dictatorship focused on retaining power while sacrificing the health of its own people. The Iranian regime has accused the United States of being behind the coronavirus outbreak, to shift blame for the questionable…James Phillips -
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Little of Pelosi’s Wish List Made It Into COVID-19 Relief Bill. That’s a Relief in Itself.
On Friday, the House passed the massive $2 trillion-plus coronavirus relief package that the Senate had passed on Wednesday. There’s a lot in those 880 pages, and much of it is problematic: The bill is neither targeted and temporary, nor directed exclusively at the coronavirus—as scholars at The Heritage Foundation and its president, Kay C….GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Time to Step Up: The Coronavirus Opportunity for Our Country
This week’s dumb national debate has been about when to reopen our economy. To date, our strategy on the coronavirus has been to shut down pretty much everything and stay home. President Donald Trump said he hopes to reopen our economy by Easter. Those who oppose anything the president says are therefore adamantly opposed to…Neil Patel -
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Latest UN Report Forecasts Grave Economic Consequences From COVID-19 Shutdowns
The latest report from the U.N. agency that monitors worldwide trade and investment predicts a global decline in foreign direct investment of 30%-40% during 2020-2021. While earlier concerns had focused on disruptions of supply chains linked to China, current fears are much more strongly connected to the downturn in global demand due to quarantines, lockdowns,…Terry Miller -
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How Religious Groups Are Helping During COVID-19 Pandemic
When Rev. Jay Voorhees, pastor of City Road Chapel just outside Nashville, Tennessee, saw dozens of people in his community laid off as restaurants and bars were forced to close because of COVID-19, he started a fund to buy grocery store gift cards to help them get through the crisis. Such charity, happily, is not…Emilie Kao -
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Congress, Not Coronavirus, Deserves Blame for Postal Service Woes
A $10 billion loan to the United States Postal Service was included in the third coronavirus relief bill, which passed the Senate late Wednesday night. Supporters of the loan claim that the service is in danger of going bankrupt in the next few months. But the Postal Service’s fiscal crisis does not relate to the…David Ditch -
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Forget Big Government. Here’s How to Help Our Neighbor in the COVID-19 Era.
Private philanthropy is one of the most powerful tools in times of crisis. Peter Lipsett, vice president of Donors Trust, joins the podcast to explain why big government programs and bailouts often have unintended negative consequences. Lipsett explains how we can help our communities economically during the coronavirus pandemic and challenges Americans to think about…Virginia Allen -
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China’s Outrageous Coronavirus Blame Game
China is ramping up aggressive propaganda efforts to pin the blame for the coronavirus pandemic on the United States. Less than three months ago, however, when the first cases of COVID-19 showed up, the Chinese government began censoring social media that employed keywords such as “unknown Wuhan pneumonia.” It punished users for “spreading rumors” and…Helle Dale -
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House Set to Vote on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
The coronavirus aid package is expected to be voted on by the House Friday, after the Senate passed the bill late Wednesday. “Congressional Democrats in the Senate, and in the House, were able to flip this over from corporate trickle-down Republican version, to bubble-up for families first legislation,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday….Rachel del Guidice