Tag: mask mandates

They Will Lock You Down Again

Commentary The lords of lockdown barely escaped their worst possible fate, namely that the topic would become the national and international source of scandal that it should be. And let’s add the vaccine mandates here too: even if such had been morally justified, which they were not, there is absolutely no practical reason for them…


Alberta Appoints New Chief Medical Officer of Health, Replacing Dr. Deena Hinshaw

The Alberta government has announced that Dr. Mark Joffe, currently vice-president and medical director for Cancer Care Alberta and already in a contract with Alberta Health Services, will replace Dr. Deena Hinshaw as the province’s chief medical officer of health, effective immediately. The move means Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on a promise she…


Alberta Replaces Dr. Deena Hinshaw as Chief Medical Officer of Health

The Alberta government has announced that Dr. Mark Joffe, currently vice-president and medical director for Cancer Care Alberta and already in a contract with Alberta Health Services, will replace Dr. Deena Hinshaw as the province’s chief medical officer of health, effective immediately. The move means Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on a promise she…


Michael Zwaagstra: Mask Mandates Should Not Return to Schools

Commentary Hospitals are experiencing an influx of young children with serious respiratory illnesses. Out of concern for their wellbeing, some health professionals are pushing to bring back mask mandates for schools. In other words, students would be required, once again, to wear masks while in school buildings. While their motives might be admirable, their remedy…


Supreme Court Leaves TSA Mask Mandate Ruling in Place

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Oct. 31, leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require the wearing of masks on airplanes, trains, and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the TSA abandoned its mask mandate in April, the decision allows a Dec….


New Studies Once More Show Masks Don’t Work; Why Are Masks Making a Comeback in Many Areas? | Truth Over News

If masks worked, the past two and a half years would have been completely different. Just wear a mask and get on with life as usual. That would’ve been great, but that’s not what happened — because masks don’t work. Several new studies are now again confirming this. And yet masks are making a comeback….


Dear Bosses: Don’t Treat Workers Like Children

Commentary The corporate management of Goldman Sachs starting today has completely eliminated its vaccine requirement for workers. Glory be! Why did the company do this? Because it needed its workers back in the office. This supposedly eliminates the final barrier but this spin downplays the significance of the mandate itself. When your own employer violates…


Mask Up, Berkeley Students

Commentary I was trying to avoid writing more stuff on masks, but this is unbelievable. UC Berkeley, that bastion of California higher education, is now requiring masks—both indoors and outdoors, if one is not vaccinated against… influenza! And, as a virologist and vaccinologist, the use of the slang “flu” makes me cringe. There are no…


Western University Will Require Students to Receive COVID Booster, Wear Masks in Classrooms This Fall

Western University in London, Ont., will require all students enrolled in the upcoming fall semester to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to have received at least one booster shot, as well as to wear masks during the duration of all classes and seminars on campus. The vaccine and in-class masking requirement will apply to all…


Masks Not Mandatory in Ontario Schools This Fall: Education Ministry

Mask wearing is not required for Ontario students come this September, the province’s education ministry has confirmed. In an email statement to The Epoch Times on Aug. 8, the ministry says most health and safety requirements for the fall semester will remain unchanged from the end of the 2021–22 school year, including voluntary use of…