Australia’s private hospitals are essential to address the surge of essential elective surgery when restrictions ease, a peak industry body has said. The number of patients on Australia’s public hospital elective surgery waiting lists increased during 2020–21 as hospitals dealt with a backlog caused by COVID-19 in the previous year. “To ensure the health system…
Aussie Private Hospitals Essential to Managing Elective Surgery Backlog: Industry Body
‘Absolutely Critical’: Victoria Premier Pushes to Redefine Full Vaccination as Three Doses
Australians might be mandated to get their third shot of the COVID-19 before being considered “fully vaccinated,” as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he was pushing for a redefinition of the term. Speaking ahead of a meeting of the National Cabinet on Thursday, the premier said “only three doses” could help people be “properly protected…
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: A Sporting Event in Captivity
January 27, 2022
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New Analysis The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games are just one week away, yet the fast-spreading Omicron variant has hit Beijing amid emerging COVID-19 clusters across the country. The surge in cases has pressured the regime to employ the most stringent health protocols to keep the virus at bay, leading many to believe this will…
West Australian Schools Use Masks, Air Purifiers To Combat Omicron
January 27, 2022
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A flood of nearly 477,000 students will return to schools in Western Australia (WA) on Monday, Jan. 31, bringing with it a slew of new requirements aimed at controlling the spread of the Omicron variant of the CCP virus. High school students and all staff in WA will be required to wear masks upon returning…
Capitol Report (Jan. 26): Biden’s Chance at a Supreme Court Pick
January 26, 2022
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A U.S. Supreme Court Justice is apparently ready to hang up his robe. President Joe Biden gets to appoint a Supreme Court Justice for the first time, and he made it clear what type of Justice he’s looking to nominate. We speak to Rick Green, an attorney and former Texas State representative, to find out who…
Bank of Canada Signals Readiness for Series of Rate Hikes
News Analysis The Bank of Canada gave markets a bit of a surprise when it didn’t raise its key rate on Jan. 26. It stated that the time for extraordinary COVID-19 support is over and multiple interest rate increases are coming. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the central bank is taking a very…
Bureaucrats Riding the Omicron Wave
Commentary I’m still constantly receiving these little reports from across the US (and Canada!) detailing the petty indignities and absurdities to which people are subjected in the name of this-or-that overheated COVID concern. Does every last report amount to full-blown authoritarian tyranny? Not really — most probably wouldn’t even register as particularly attention-getting on their…
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Continue to Drop in US: CDC
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to drop in the United States, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, though deaths attributed to the disease have been rising. The seven-day daily average of cases is around 692,400 cases, down about 6 percent from the previous week, Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters in a virtual briefing. The seven-day…
Two-Thirds of People Infected With Omicron Say They Had COVID-19 Before: UK Study
About two-thirds of people recently infected with the Omicron variant say they have had COVID-19 before, according to a new UK study. Among 3,582 individuals who tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus between Jan. 5 and Jan. 20, 2,315, or 64.6 percent, said they had previously had COVID-19, researchers found. Professor Paul…
CDC Should Track All Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases to Understand Vaccine Effectiveness: Experts
January 26, 2022
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in May 2021 stopped tracking all breakthrough cases of COVID-19, or those that occur in vaccinated people, and has since only tracked breakthrough cases that lead to hospitalization and death. While the agency has published several studies in the past year as part of an effort…
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