Tag: CCP Virus

Sen. Johnson Says Advocating for Vaccine-Injured Played Big Role in Seeking Reelection

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has revealed that one of the main reasons for him to seek another term in the 2022 midterm elections was to advocate for those who have suffered an injury after COVID-19 vaccination. During an appearance on “Fox Business” on Thursday, Johnson said not enough people are advocating for the vaccine-injured, arguing…


CDC Partners With ‘Social and Behavior Change’ Initiative to Silence Vaccine Hesitancy

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a Stanford-educated ear, nose, and throat doctor, isn’t afraid to voice her beliefs. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she repeatedly used her platform on Twitter and TikTok to question the vaccines, promote ivermectin as a treatment, and call out pharmacists for refusing to dispense it. But her efforts resulted…


Hospital Mask Mandate Did Little to Stop Omicron From Infecting Patients: UK Study

Wearing a mask in health care settings had little, if any, impact on the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 among patients, British researchers suggest. During the COVID pandemic, mask mandates for hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes became a staple of many countries’ attempts at curbing the spread of the virus. In…


Babies and Children Under 5 to Be Offered Pfizer COVID-19 Jab for 1st Time in UK

Babies and children under the age of 5 are to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time, UK health authorities have announced. On Thursday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that clinically vulnerable children aged 6 months to 4 years old should be offered the jab. The committee does not…


Nearly 1.5 Million Japanese Living in Extreme Isolation After COVID-19 Lockdowns

Japan has seen an increasing prevalence in the “hikikomori” phenomenon following COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, with an estimated 1.46 million people isolating themselves from society by staying at home for an extended period. A survey by the Cabinet Office found that about 20 percent of the total 1.46 million hikikomori—a term used in Japan to refer…


New Medical Codes for COVID-19 Vaccination Status Used to Track People, CDC Confirms

Medical codes introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to show when people are unvaccinated or undervaccinated for COVID-19 are being used to track people, the top U.S. public health agency has confirmed. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the confirmation in emails that The Epoch Times obtained through a Freedom of Information…


They Hit the Pause Button and the Music Stopped

Commentary In the great search for metaphors to justify the largest-scale violations of human rights in our lifetimes, the disease managers finally hit on the term “pause button.” We were merely pressing it for a while to get our bearings, un-overload hospitals, gather personal protective equipment, flatten the curve, and generally figure out what to…


Another COVID Fail: School Budget Cliffs With Gaping Holes

New York City’s school system went on a spending spree during the pandemic, thanks to the $7.5 billion in federal money it received as part of a $189 billion national relief package aimed at addressing education problems incurred by lockdowns and school closures. Although the funds were nonrecurring, the nation’s largest school district used some of…


No-Lockdown European Country Sees Lowest Pandemic Excess Deaths

Sweden, which imposed very few restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, had one of the lowest excess mortality rates in Europe and the world during that period, according to data from Eurostat. The annual excess mortality for the European Union in 2021 was 14 percent higher than the pre-pandemic 2016-2019 period per Eurostat data. Meanwhile, Sweden…


FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for InflaRx COVID-19 Drug in Critically Ill Patients

Biopharmaceutical company InflaRx NV’s monoclonal antibody has been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults. The FDA said on April 4 that it had issued the EUA for the use of Gohibic, a brand name of vilobelimab, a monoclonal anti-human complement factor C5a antibody, to be injected into hospitalized…