Category: COVID-19 pandemic

Laura Dodsworth: How Government Weaponized Fear and Human Psychology During the Pandemic

“Most of the public do not understand the behavioral psychology techniques that are used on them. … We certainly haven’t signed consent forms.” Over the last two years, governments, in the United Kingdom and beyond, used subliminal methods to secretly manipulate the public, says writer and filmmaker Laura Dodsworth. In the United Kingdom, there’s a…


[Premiering 3/19 at 7:30PM ET] Laura Dodsworth: How Government Exploited Fear and Human Psychology During the Pandemic

This episode will premiere on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET. If you have trouble seeing the video at 7:30 p.m. ET, please try refreshing your browser.     “Most of the public do not understand the behavioral psychology techniques that are used on them. … We certainly haven’t signed consent forms.” Over the last…


More Than Half of Canadian Office Workers Want to Keep Working Remotely: Survey

With the gradual relaxation of COVID-19 measures, a majority of Canadian office workers say they want to keep their remote work pattern, a new survey shows. More than half of 1,595 Canadian officer workers say that working mostly or entirely remote is their ideal work scenario, compared to one in eight (12 percent) who prefer…


LAUSD Superintendent Outlines 100-Day Plan for Academic Recovery, Relaxes COVID-19 Measures

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) new superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, said he will prioritize academic recovery for students, outlining his short-term plans on Feb. 24 to close learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help LA students catch up with their education, Carvalho—who previously served as superintendent of Florida’s largest school district for…



WHO Says Pandemic Not Over Yet, Omicron Won’t Be Last ‘Variant of Concern’

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over as new variants of the novel coronavirus are likely to emerge given current high levels of transmission, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. The Omicron variant, which is highly transmissible, is unlikely to be the last strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, as the…


Fauci Says Too Soon to Tell Whether Omicron Will Bring Pandemic to an End

It’s too soon to know whether the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus will bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Monday. “It’s an open question as to whether or not Omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination everyone is hoping for,” Fauci said via videoconference at the…


New Jersey Senate Declines to Vote on Extension of Governor’s COVID-19 Emergency Powers

On Monday, the New Jersey Senate President announced that a bill to extend Governor’s emergency powers in response to COVID-19 would not be voted that day, the final day of voting in the lame-duck legislative session. Outgoing Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, announced on Monday that the resolution to enact a 45-day extension of…


New Jersey Governor Arbitrarily Declares COVID-19 Emergency After Senate Declines to Vote on Extension

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy extended the state’s COVID-19 emergency on Tuesday after the state Senate speaker declined to schedule voting on a bill extending it for 45 days. On Monday, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, announced that a bill to extend the governor’s emergency powers in response to COVID-19 would not be…


Babies Born During Pandemic Have Lower Developmental Scores: Study

Babies who were born during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had lower developmental scores compared to pre-pandemic, a study suggests. According to research published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, COVID-19 infection during pregnancy does not appear to affect infants’ brain function, but the pandemic itself may be having an impact. A group of…