John Klar: The Delta children
Now that the scary-sounding-but-more-benign “Delta variant” looms, the AAP has moved to demand all children and school staff be masked. But this disease is just not very dangerous to children.
Deb Billado: Montpelier misinformation
Speaker of the Vermont House Jill Krowinsk’s statement was filled with misleading information, baseless claims, and inherent contradictions that undermine the state’s efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, all so she can benefit her own party.
Freedom vs. safety: GOP and Democrats offer opposing pitches on COVID strategy
Both the GOP and the Democratic Party in Vermont issued statements this week clarifying their stances on how to approach a new wave of COVID-19 and its variants, and the two major parties couldn’t be further apart.
Tom Evslin: It’ll be a great day when 100% of Covid cases are in vaccinated people
Get the damned shot if you haven’t. Get your booster as soon as it is available. And, even if vaxxed, wear your mask where there is high likelihood of getting or transmitting disease.
Letter: Prudent policymaking considers multiple factors
Rather than the Delta variant, the influenza morbidity and mortality rates offer a stronger basis to mask children for protection. But we have never made that argument and for good reason.
Vermont Republican Party calls on Speaker Krowinski to stop playing politics with COVID-19 and Vermont schools
Speaker Krowinski’s latest P.R. stunt is nothing more than a desperate political maneuver to insert partisanship into a conversation about public health and elevate her own profile at the expense of misleading the public on COVID-19.
House Speaker Krowinski: Let’s follow CDC guidance, bring back indoor mask mandate
With schools opening up and community spread across the state, I am calling on Governor Scott to take additional steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect Vermonters. We need to be more proactive in following guidance from the CDC.
Meg Hansen: We need bold advocacy of ivermectin for early COVID-19 treatment
Not only is unwavering confidence in ivermectin warranted by the clinical and epidemiological evidence at hand, but it is also integral to confronting the hyper-politicized narrative of treating and preventing COVID-19.
Mississippi’s health officer issues order to punish COVID isolation violators with up to 5 years in prison
Dr. Thomas Dobbs wrote that if the disease is life-threatening or citizens refuse or disobey the order, the punishment is a “fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to five years or both.”
Analysis: Australia has become an island of prisoners due to COVID restrictions
“Australia was a penal colony, and it kind of feels like that now,” Genevieve Neve, an actor in Australia, told CNN. “We feel like prisoners in this country.”
Meg Hansen: Virus mutation does not justify masking children
Children are untouched by the virus, but they are taking a beating from policies like universal masking that have been ostensibly enacted to confront it. Why must they endure abusive madness?
Dr. Dan Stocks explains immune response, ADE, and why we should stop jabbing people now
Dr. Dan Stocks offers both a detailed examination and an explanation of the immune response, why it is the best theoretical explanation for the current rise in cases in the middle of summer, and why these vaccines continue to be the wrong approach if reducing infections of complications caused by SARS CoV2 were actually the objective.