Unfortunately, there will be many other opportunities to fritter away the remaining federal COVID windfall on band aids rather than tackling problems which will be with us when the federal dollars are gone. It’s time to watch legislators closely and speak up loudly.
When I heard that COVID vaccinations were 95% effective, I thought that we could quickly wipe COVID out as a threat. Wrong! I should’ve known from the flu example that the virus would quickly mutate and remain a population threat.
“These grants will help businesses and organizations critical to their communities continue to recover and grow, increasing critical support like housing, child care, and wastewater to more Vermonters,” Gov. Scott said. “These projects represent ARPA dollars at work.”
H.189 would require the Vermont Department of Health to provide the General Assembly with an annual report of adverse reactions to immunizations. The role of data in guiding public health policy is well established and this bill will serve the people of Vermont.
Removal of teacher union bosses’ government-granted power to codetermine how public schools are run should be the principal objective of education reformers in America. The urgency of this reform has become far greater since the 2020-22 educational catastrophe.
In 2020, if you thought it was possible COVID-19 came from a lab in China you were labeled a conspiracy theorist, a peddler of misinformation, “bonkers,” and a racist. The Department of Energy just came out as a racist purveyor of misinformation this week.
A new Cochrane Review analysis of masking studies finds that when it comes to an entire population, there’s no evidence to support that masking reduces spread of a disease.
I have grown accustomed to personal attacks from those who cannot tolerate freedom of thought and speech. The most recent attempt at assassinating my character comes from a fellow Cavendish citizen.
The public health-freedom advocacy group Health Choice Vermont has highlighted five bills introduced at the Statehouse which all concern various aspects of healthcare rights.
The Cavendish Selectboard on Monday voted unanimously to reelect the town’s health officer over the objections of an unhappy local resident who complained the officer supported a 2022 Vermont House candidate who spoke out against mandatory Covid vaccines.
Now that Mom is ready to start what has been deemed medically necessary Phase II cardiac rehab, we have encountered an absolutist policy that translates into her being denied services if she is unable to exercise while wearing a mask.
“ARPA funding has allowed several communities to move forward with projects that they had planned to do,” state environmental engineer Win Wilson said. “And therefore, will also allow them to, in the long run, accomplish more projects, without taking on as much debt.”