The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly working with Google to install “spyware” onto the Android devices of a million state residents without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiffs Robert Wright and Johnny Kula were among 1 million Massachusetts residents who had the state’s “COVID Exposure Settings: US-MA”…
Lawsuit Claims Massachusetts and Google Installed COVID-19 ‘Spyware’ on 1 Million Devices
November 18, 2022
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IG Reports ‘Historic’ COVID Unemployment Funds Lost, Congress Investigates
As much as $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment relief dollars were likely lost to waste and fraudsters. Lawmakers want answers. Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor demanding documents and information related to the unemployment fraud. “Since the Summer of 2020, repeated alerts from federal…
Companies, Schools Teach Kids to Follow UN Sustainability Goals
November 15, 2022
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The United Nations wants your children to embrace its Sustainable Development Goals—and Thomas, a cartoon train character beloved by kids and parents alike, is on board with that. In September, the UN and the toy company Mattel, Inc. announced a collaboration to “introduce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to preschool audiences through the animated children’s…
Maybe the Fed Too Was Trolled
November 12, 2022
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Commentary The Federal Reserve—and central banks the world over—played a crucial role in making lockdowns possible and weaponizing the panic of politicians. As the lender of last resort and the provider of liquidity for the entire federal government, it removes normal fiscal restraint. It writes checks that cannot bounce to fuel governments in normal times…
Japanese Companies Assess Cost of Decoupling From China’s Supply Chain
October 31, 2022
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More Japanese companies are considering weaning themselves from Chinese supply chains after more than 2,000 of them have withdrawn from China since COVID-19. Some 26 percent of Japan’s total imports came from China in 2020, and while Japan may still have close economic ties with China, tensions between Washington and Beijing amid international tensions have…
Container Shipping Prices Continue to Fall, with Major Shipping Companies Cancelling Voyages
October 28, 2022
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Container shipping rates continued to fall in October due to declining demand. The Shanghai (Export) Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has fallen for 17 consecutive weeks. Shipping companies have started to discontinue services or cancel voyages. Athough container shipping prices dropped overall since the beginning of 2022, they began a continuous slide in July, and the…
Pfizer Plans to Hike Price of US COVID-19 Vaccine by 400 Percent
October 21, 2022
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Pfizer is looking to raise the price of its COVID-19 vaccines in the United States by up to four times once Washington’s purchase program ends, according to the company’s U.S. president, Angela Lukin. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is presently provided free for all Americans by the U.S. government. Next year, when the U.S. public health emergency…
‘A Blunt Instrument’: Review Pans Australia’s Use of Lockdowns, School Closures
A year on from some of Australia’s heaviest lockdowns, one of the largest non-government reviews into the country’s response has labelled many of the adopted policies “unprecedented” while criticising the use of lockdowns as “excessive” and “harsh.” “They proved to be a blunt instrument,” according to ‘Fault lines: An independent review into Australia’s response to COVID-19’…
‘A Blunt Instrument’: New Review Scathing of Australia’s Use of Lockdowns, School Closures
A year on from some of Australia’s heaviest lockdowns, one of the largest non-government reviews into the country’s response has labelled many of the adopted policies “unprecedented” while criticising the use of lockdowns as “excessive” and “harsh.” “They proved to be a blunt instrument,” according to ‘Fault lines: An independent review into Australia’s response to COVID-19’…
Younger People May Not Need COVID-19 Boosters: Moderna CEO
October 18, 2022
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Many younger people may not need COVID-19 boosters, the CEO of Moderna said on Oct. 17. “I think it’s going to be like the flu. If you’re a 25-year-old do you need an annual booster every year if you’re healthy?” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said during a Yahoo Finance event. “You might want it because…
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