Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has denied that he was involved in the state premier’s push to mandate the third vaccine at the public hearing of the Pandemic Declaration Accountability and Oversight Committee on Jan. 31. The committee, which was created as part of the controversial pandemic bill that passed parliament on Dec. 2,…
Vic Chief Health Officer Denies Involvement in Push to Mandate Boosters
February 1, 2022
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Omicron Threatens Western Australia’s Mining Industry
Western Australia’s (WA) economic lifeblood is hanging in the balance with a growing number of mining workers forced to isolate amid the spread of Omicron in the state. Around 80 workers at mining giant BHP’s Yandi iron ore mine in the Pilbara are isolated and awaiting test results after being identified as close contacts to…
Australia’s Waiting List for Non-Essential Surgeries ‘Growing and Increasingly Critical’: Experts
The Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) are urging the government to immediately address the “growing and increasingly critical” backlog of elective surgeries, pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call comes as the new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data shows Australia are waiting longer than…
It’s Long Past Time to Dump the Masks
Commentary The face mask debate is unfortunately again rearing its ugly head in many parts of the country, and it’s becoming ever more clear that it will never entirely go away. Even as OMICRON confers some form of natural immunity to large segments of the population before it begins its fade into the sunset, the…
Pfizer Board Member: Immunity From Omicron Likely Protective Against Sub-Variant
Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb said that the Omicron COVID-19 variant appears to confer some protection against an Omicron sub-variant known as BA.2 that was recently discovered in several countries. “You should be protected. So the mutations in this new version are not in the receptor-binding domain on the spike protein,” Gottlieb told CBS…
Omicron Slows UK Growth to Weakest Since April: CBI
LONDON—British businesses grew at the slowest pace since April 2021 during the past three months, after demand for face-to-face services slumped due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Confederation of British Industry said on Sunday. Britain’s economy only recovered to its pre-pandemic size in November, before being hit by the highly infectious Omicron variant…
Omicron Subvariant Causes More Infections, Regardless of Vaccination Status: Study
A subvariant of the Omicron virus variant is more infectious than the original version, according to researchers in Denmark. People are more likely to get infected with BA.2, the subvariant, regardless of whether they’ve received a COVID-19 vaccine or a vaccine and a booster, researchers with the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark, and…
Week-Long ‘Back to School Vaccination Blitz’ As Schools Reopen
January 31, 2022
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Many states in Australia have introduced week-long vaccination pop up clinics for 5-year-olds and older as part of the “Back to School Vaccination Blitz” as most schools reopen on Jan. 31. Both Victoria and South Australia (SA) have set up vaccination walk-in hubs to boost the vaccination take-up rate across the country, which is currently…
People Giving Up Their Thinking During Pandemic in an Emerging Dystopia: Novelist Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn, a novelist, essayist, and journalist, has witnessed individuals give up reason to obey authority figures’ COVID-19 guidelines and mandates, he says, pushing us to further resemble a dystopian society. Dystopian societies are often characterized by government and technological control, loss of individualism, and people mainly being concerned with survival. “We’re told it’s self-interest…
Had Enough of Covid? Then I Have Great News
Commentary For nearly a year, experts have noted that the COVID shots cannot establish herd immunity to end the pandemic, as the gene transfer injections do not prevent infection or transmission. It’s not rocket science, yet health officials and government leaders around the world have irrationally claimed otherwise, and censored any and all—regardless of credentials—who…
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