Tag: vaccination

Western Australia First State to Mandate Vaccine Boosters

Western Australia (WA) has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to mandate a third COVID-19 booster shot for its workers. The state was one of the first to implement sweeping vaccination mandates, with 75 percent of WA’s workforce—more than one million workers—needing to be double dosed by February next year. Those workers will now be…


Australia Clarifies Leaked Modelling Predicting 200,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases

Australia’s chief medical officer has firmly disputed suggestions Australia could see 200,000 daily cases of COVID-19, labelling media reporting surrounding the leaked modelling as “selective and misleading.” The reported predictions of potential high case numbers in late January or early February had not yet been provided to Australian leaders, with the Doherty Institute telling The…


England Waives 15-Minute Observation Period After Vaccination to Accelerate Booster Rollout

The 15-minute observation period after administering Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines has been temporarily suspended in England, the UK government said on Tuesday. The move to accelerate the rolling out of booster doses was announced after the UK’s medicines regulator and chief medical officers gave the green light to do so. The wait time was introduced…


Second Australian State Scraps Some Restrictions Linked to Vaccination Status

The Australian state of Victoria will drop some mandatory restrictions that currently blocks unvaccinated people from non-essential retail, weddings, funerals, places of worship, and real estate services. Health Minister Martin Foley is expected to sign new pandemic orders to that effect on Dec. 15 under the new Public Health and Wellbeing Act, which will come into…


False Security, Why Vaccination Can’t End Pandemic with Dr. Paul Alexander

In this episode, we take a deep look at current COVID-19 mitigation policies and what lies behind them. Are they based on the latest science? And are they based on the right assumptions? We examine these questions with the Brownstone Institute’s Dr. Paul Alexander, a Trump administration COVID-19 policy adviser and expert in epidemiology and…


[Coming 12/11] False Security, Why Vaccination Can’t End Pandemic with Dr. Paul Alexander

In this episode, we take a deep look at current COVID-19 mitigation policies and what lies behind them. Are they based on the latest science? And are they based on the right assumptions? We examine these questions with the Brownstone Institute’s Dr. Paul Alexander, a Trump administration COVID-19 policy adviser and expert in epidemiology and…


Australian State Expects New COVID-19 Wave After Borders Reopen Next Week

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has said the Queensland government will issue guidelines to help businesses cope with a new wave of COVID-19 cases once the Australian state reopens its domestic borders for fully vaccinated travellers. “Queensland’s border will reopen from next Monday, 13 December, so families and loved ones can re-unite,” D’Ath said in a…


Queensland Police Warn Aussies Against Fake Vaccination Certificates

Police have warned Australians in the popular holiday destination of the Gold Coast that any attempts to use fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates will not be tolerated. Queensland Police Service (QPS) told the Gold Coast Bulletin that once the health order comes into force on Dec. 17, any person who attempts to use fraudulent vaccine certificates…


The Left’s Vaccine Hypocrisy

Commentary The left wants liberty for pregnant women but tells the rest of us to pound salt. On Monday, lame-duck New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, “Omicron is here, and it looks very transmissible.” So, de Blasio, ignoring scientific evidence that current COVID-19 vaccines will not stop the variant from spreading, decreed all…


Side Effects From COVID-19 Vaccines Are Difficult to Distinguish From Early Symptoms of Virus: Study

Post-COVID-19 vaccination side effects cannot be clearly differentiated from the early symptoms of the virus, according to new findings led by researchers at King’s College London and published last week in the eClinical Medicine journal. Researchers who conducted the study, titled “Disentangling post-vaccination symptoms from early COVID-19” noted that “some individuals experience systemic symptoms post-vaccination, which overlap…