Masks are useless in schools, study finds
“Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 among K-12 students,” according to the study.
Here’s how much pandemic learning loss is costing school districts
Catching students up in school from COVID learning loss is costing schools millions, a new learning loss calculator by Georgetown University shows.
Dr. Sandy Reider: Vaccination will confer no benefit to children
Many of our youth have already contracted and recovered from Covid-19, and thus now have robust and durable immunity that is far superior to what the shots provide. Immunity from natural infection has in every instance been far superior to that provided by vaccines.
Balint catches COVID after vaccination and two boosters while attending unmasked super-spreader event in DC
Congressional candidate Becca Balint announced on Monday that she caught COVID even after receiving vaccination and two booster shots. The positive test result came just days after she attended a White House Pride event last Wednesday.
Rand Paul dismantles Fauci over COVID booster shots for children
Paul lambasted Fauci after he admitted “not enough data” had been gathered to conclude that booster shots reduced hospitalizations or deaths for children. Fauci also did not mention any studies that proved booster shots for children were needed.
Scott calls to ‘reverse the harms’ resulting from COVID lockdown measures
During his weekly press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott called on Vermonters to work to undo the harms caused by the social and economic shut down he imposed following the onset of COVID-19 in 2020.
Mel K interviews Nurse Erin about her experience on New York’s pandemic ‘war zone’
As a travel nurse who left her state to help battle the reported COVID crisis “epicenter,” she was startled to find that the “frontline war zone” at a hospital in Queens was more like a ghost town.
$84.5 mil: Vermont uses state, ARPA funds to address economic, work force development
$40 million will be spent to boost municipalities, businesses and the nonprofit sector that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And $19 million will be put into the Forgivable Loan Program through the Economic Development Authority to administer forgivable loans to businesses suffering from economic shortfalls due to the pandemic.
Steve MacDonald: CDC calls for more testing and masking, Dartmouth wants to boost kids
Sure, we made jokes about the 26th booster, but this is real. There are, apparently, people who’ve gotten four or more shots, and the CDC still wants them tested. In local COVID news, Dartmouth Hitchcock wants to remind us that boosters are approved for ages 5-11.
Sununu vetoes GOP-backed masking restrictions
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has vetoed a proposal that would have banned state and local mask mandates in schools during public health emergencies.
Biden administration poised to hand over U.S. health sovereignty to WHO
Delegates from 194 countries, led by the United States, are expected this week to vote to relinquish their respective country’s sovereignty and grant autonomous power to the World Health Organization over international health events.
Leahy’s answer to Vermonter concerned about granting WHO unprecedented power
“Thank you for contacting me about the ongoing discussions about reforming the World Health Organization’s global pandemic response in a new treaty. I support efforts to improve global pandemic preparedness while maintaining Congress’s unique role in ratifying treaties.”