There is no simple “the science” according to which a leader can govern. There is no one type of expert who can make overall policy from the narrow perch of his or her expertise (sorry, Dr. Fauci).
When the pandemic struck, Vermont courts suspended all non-emergency proceedings. Statewide, it is estimated that just over 1,000 felony cases and nearly 2,200 misdemeanors have been pending for more than two years. While courtrooms have slowly reopened, the backlog has intensified.
A renowned and respected psychotherapist had postulated that we might need to reconsider the unconscious response to lockdowns and mandates — and his ideas were summarily dismissed by the voice of the state.
School enrollment is sharply up this year in Right to Work Florida, South Carolina, Arizona and Utah, as well as in several other states that defied the union bosses and kept schools open, by and large, throughout 2020-21. In Florida alone, enrollment is up a whopping 4%, or 111,000, this year.
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 (CEPR).
What is wrong is to think that “the science” should go without challenge; that would be catastrophic. What is wrong is to think that any legion of fact-checkers can decide what we ought to read; that is also catastrophic. Science flourishes on challenge.
UVM had required people to wear masks indoors for more than a year as a way to mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that the mandate is gone, folks are worried whether the decision could spur more cases.
The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed a federal judge’s ruling overturning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mask mandate on planes, trains and in airports.
A report put out the Vermont Department of Health in coordination with out-of-state universities indicates that efforts by states to reverse “vaccine hesitancy” among parents with newborns have largely proven ineffective.
Seattle Children’s Hospital has followed up on adolescent patients who experienced post-COVID vaccination myocarditis. The patients respond well to treatment but show some evidence of permanent damage to the heart.
Vermonters died at a 12% greater rate than expected in 2021 and are on track to die at a 17% greater rate in 2022. What’s going on?
Peter D’Auria displayed nastiness toward school board member Liz Cady in a commentary seeking to discredit her for speaking out against discrimination against unvaccinated Vermonters. The attack is not journalism, it is hate speech.