A second Rhode Island health official has not ruled out bringing back school mask mandates, while speaking in a deposition performed for an ongoing lawsuit brought by parents upset their children had to wear masks at school. “Based on what we know today, RIDOH would not recommend a masking mandate be put in place,” Jaime Comella,…
Mom Suing Over Being Banned From Anti-Racism School Meetings in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island mother has filed a lawsuit against her town’s Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Committee for barring her from attending its meetings. Nicole Solas, a mother of two and a senior fellow with the conservative group Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), is also the subject of a pending litigation brought against her by…
Top Former Rhode Island Health Official Unaware of Key Studies on Masking, Child Transmission
July 28, 2022
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The doctor who headed the Rhode Island Department of Health and recommended mask mandates be imposed during the pandemic was unaware of recent studies that indicate masking is not effective and that children are not major drivers of COVID-19 transmission. Dr. James McDonald, who stepped down as interim health director on June 25 but remains employed…
Facts Matter (May 2): New COVID Bill Fines Parents For Unvaxxed Kids And Doubles Income Taxes, Introduced in R.I.
According to a new study that just came out of Israel, researchers found a correlation between the number of emergency heart-related issues in young people with the rollout of the mass vaccination program. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, a state senator has just introduced a new piece of legislation that says that residents of the state…
Lawmaker Pushes Bill With Harsh Recurring Fines for Unvaccinated Rhode Islanders
Rhode Island Sen. Sam Bell has urged the state to pass his COVID-19 vaccine mandate that would fine residents in the state who choose not to get the shot. Bell cited a poll by a Boston Globe columnist showing 64 percent of Rhode Islanders “support a universal vaccine mandate,” adding that he believes “it’s time…
The Calm Coasts of Newport, Rhode Island
The mansion-lined streets of Newport, Rhode Island, form the type of imaginative scenery you’d expect to find if you were stuck inside a fairy tale, complete with a picturesque cliffside view of shimmering waters and majestic trees. The opulent mansions are vestiges of the Gilded Age, when many of America’s elite families built summer resorts…
School Assignment Using Pizza as Metaphor for Sex Preferences Draws Parent Outrage
A proposal to teach pleasure-based sex to kids as young as 11 and a middle school assignment using pizza as a metaphor for various sexual activities has drawn a windfall of ire from parents in two separate New England states. South Kingston, Rhode Island parent Nicole Solas told The Epoch Times that she sees Rhode…
24 People Hospitalized After Fire Erupts at Rhode Island Rehab Center
At least two dozen patients were transported to nearby hospitals after a fire broke out Thursday evening at a respiratory and rehabilitation center in Rhode Island, authorities said. The blaze, which started at about 9 p.m. at Genesis Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, also displaced about 40 other residents due to water damage from the facility’s sprinkler…
Rhode Island Lets Some COVID-19 Positive Health Care Workers Stay on Job
The Rhode Island Department of Health recently informed health care facilities that workers who test positive for COVID-19 don’t have to isolate if their employer has met so-called “crisis” standards. In all other cases, workers, regardless of vaccination status, are being told to isolate for five days and wear a mask for an additional five…
29 US States Have Confirmed Omicron Variant Cases, Mostly Among Vaccinated
Ohio and Rhode Island have become the 28th and 29th U.S. states to report cases of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. Ohio officials announced on Dec. 11 that two cases of the variant were detected in the state, both of whom were fully vaccinated more than six months ago. Rhode Island…
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