Category: COVID

Local and Private COVID Vaccine Mandates at Health Care Facilities Being Reversed, Struck Down Across US

Efforts to overturn vaccine mandates for both hospital patients and health care workers appear to be gaining momentum across the United States. In what is seen as a major victory for transplant patients who did not take the COVID vaccine, one of the largest transplant centers in the United States reversed its policy to require…


LIVE NOW: Mayorkas Holds Press Conference in Texas on Lifting of Border Restrictions

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 5 about lifting the COVID border restrictions during a press conference in Brownsville, Texas, on May 11. …


Mayorkas Holds Press Conference in Texas on Lifting of Border Restrictions

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 5 about lifting the COVID border restrictions during a press conference in Brownsville, Texas, on May 11. …


The Freezer-Truck Canard

Commentary These are the days of grasping for excuses. In sector after sector, leaders who gave us lockdowns and all that followed are trying to account for their actions, not apologizing of course but admitting that, in the classic formulation, mistakes were made. That said, they all agree on the core point. The government had…


The Dangerous Illusion of Scientific Consensus

Commentary Science is the process by which we learn about the workings of material reality. Though modern innovations—built on the fruits of science—would look like magic to people living only decades ago, they result from the time-tested scientific method. Contrary perhaps to media portrayals of science, the scientific method depends not on the existence of…


Common Nail Conditions May Indicate You’ve Had COVID, Here’s How to Keep Nails Healthy

The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a broad range of symptoms, and medical professionals continue to study and understand them. Along with the more commonly known symptoms, such as fever and dry cough, there have been reports that previous infection with the virus may impact the appearance of our nails, which is an intriguing…


Omicron BA.5 Insights: New Model Reveals Primary Cause for High Infection Rates

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) used human respiratory organ models to investigate the infection and replication capacity of the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5 and other variants in the human respiratory tract. The results of this research reveals the mechanism behind the high infectivity and transmission ability of the BA.5…


76 Percent of COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Hong Kong Were Vaccinated

According to the latest government data, three-quarters of the 1,669 deaths from COVID-19 in Hong Kong between Jan. 1 and March 31, 1,269 were vaccinated. Thirty-three had been vaccinated within 14 days before passing. The total COVID-19 deaths recorded in January was 1,526, and 143 between Jan 30 and March 31. The Hong Kong government…


Dr Tony Hinton: Speaking Out During the Pandemic, Vaccine Damages, Excess Death Rates and the Lockdown’s Effects on Children | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Doctor Tony Hinton, a consultant surgeon with over 30 years’ experience who is now retired from the UK’s National Health Service. Tony discusses how he started to feel concerned about the lockdowns, the reactions he got when discussing COVID jabs with fellow health professionals, and his own personal experience…


COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Hong Kong from January to End March, 74% Vaccinated

According to the latest government data, three-quarters of the 1,669 deaths from COVID-19 in Hong Kong between Jan. 1 and Mar. 31, were vaccinated. Thirty-three had been vaccinated within 14 days before passing. The total COVID-19 deaths recorded in January was 1,526, and 143 between Jan 30 and March 31. The Hong Kong government removed…