Vaccine & COVID News
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Is Monkeypox Next COVID-19? What One Physician Thinks
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… -
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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… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,… -
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Cracks Form in Xi’s Armor Amid China’s COVID-19 Lockdown of Shanghai
Shanghai’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdown poses an existential threat to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s continued tenure, a leading expert on China says. “Because [Xi] is considered to be the author of the zero-COVID policy, he can’t deviate from it, even though it’s not working out,” Gordon G. Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” told… -
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3 States Sue Biden Administration Over Ending COVID-19 Restrictions at Border
Attorneys general for Arizona, Missouri, and Louisiana announced Monday they were suing the Biden administration over the decision to end Title 42, urging that the order be reinstated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allows border authorities to quickly return migrants and has resulted in over 1.7 million… -
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What Educating Our Kids Looks Like After COVID-19
This Saturday edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” features a discussion with Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on how education is evolving after the COVID-19 pandemic. School lockdowns, masking, and other restrictions have affected how parents across America think about their children’s education. COVID-19 accelerated certain trends that already were afoot, such… -
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Ending CDC Order That Expelled Illegal Border Crossers to Prevent COVID-19 Spread Will Create Massive New Influx
Even as our country tries to return to a post-pandemic “normal,” the Biden administration is about to make it harder—by unleashing a tidal wave of increased risk and exposure from COVID-19 from outside our borders. Over the past two years, we have made enormous sacrifices; experienced loss; and accepted government mandates affecting every aspect of… -
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Homeland Security 20th Agency to Track Religious Vaccine Objectors
The Department of Homeland Security is at least the 20th federal agency to have created or proposed tracking lists for employees requesting religious accommodations from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. A rule placed in the Federal Register on Friday allows the DHS “to collect and maintain records on employees and applicants for employment” that are seeking… -
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The Pandemic Changed How We Work. It’s Time for Labor Laws to Change, Too.
The way we work has always been evolving, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated change. Progress that might otherwise have taken over a decade to achieve was crammed into a single year. With the rapid pace of change, it is critical that labor laws keep up with the times. Fortunately, a group of lawmakers have introduced… -
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Alcohol-Related Deaths Skyrocketed During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds
The number of Americans who died due to alcohol-related causes skyrocketed in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study. Alcohol-related deaths rose roughly 25% from 2019 to 2020, according to a March 18 study conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and published in… -
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After 2 Years, We Don’t Need Nationwide Travel Mandates to Control COVID-19
Although we’ve seen significant progress in preventing and treating severe cases of COVID-19, thanks to vaccines and therapeutics, we still face a raging debate over remaining governmental restrictions, including those on personal travel. The Biden administration has regularly imposed or extended heavy-handed mandates. Courts have struck down or blocked some of these, including a vaccine… -
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9 Things to Know About Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, Who Rejects COVID-19 Shots for Healthy Children
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is drawing national attention after announcing Monday that his state will officially recommend that health officials not give COVID-19 vaccinations to healthy children. White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded by criticizing Ladapo for going against Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, saying: “It’s… -
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This Navy Veteran Defied COVID-19 Mandates, Then DC Bureaucrats Closed His Pub
Government mandates and authoritarian COVID-19 rules have crushed small businesses in America. In the nation’s capital alone, hundreds of restaurants are now closed. Others are struggling to make ends meet. Despite all the happy talk from President Joe Biden in last week’s State of the Union address, some businesses will never recover. For every Democrat… -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Closes the Curtain on COVID-19 Theater
“You do not have to wear those masks,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a group of high school students participating in an event Wednesday at the University of South Florida. “Please take them off.” “Honestly, it’s not doing anything,” the Republican governor said. “We’ve got to stop with this COVID theater. So, if you want… -
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Surgeon General Demands Tech Companies Hand Over Data on COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sent a formal request for information Thursday to major tech companies demanding data on “misinformation” related to the COVID-19 vaccine and the virus itself, The New York Times reported. The request demanded the companies provide data on “exactly how many users saw or may have been exposed to instances of…