Tag: Vaccine

Public Health Agency of Canada Budgets $17.6 Million for COVID Vaccine Passport Program Until 2025: Memo

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) budgeted millions for a vaccine passport program until fiscal 2024–2025, with a Department of Health memo saying the funding was needed to support federal public health measures “as needed going forward.” “The expected result would be that Canadians have continued access to the Canadian COVID-19 proof of vaccination…


Labour Board Dismisses Complaint From Alberta Health Employee Fired for Text Seeking Fake COVID Vaccine

The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a complaint by a former Alberta health department employee who was fired over a text to a co-worker asking for help to fake her vaccination status.  “The employer concluded the complainant had violated the employer’s Code Of Ethics and the misconduct was aggravated by her work as a…


Nearly 1,000% More COVID Cases in Public Service After Vaccine Mandate, Labour Board Hears

Federal public service employees put on leave without pay for refusing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination told a labour tribunal that infections in the workforce rose tenfold after the mandate was implemented, citing the government’s own data. “Why did people become sick in such great numbers in the public service if they were immunized?” asked Bernard Desgagné,…


Measles Making a Comeback, and It’s Never Really Gone

Health Viewpoints The global threat of measles outbreaks looms large. Despite significant progress in measles control, outbreaks continue to surge across various regions, jeopardizing public health worldwide. In Europe, where many countries have lost their measles elimination status in recent years, over 900 cases were reported by the end of February alone, surpassing the total for 2022….


Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program Has Paid Out Nearly $7 Million in Claims Since December 2020

Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) has paid out nearly $7 million in claims since it first launched, according to updated bi-annual records. According to the VISP, a total of 1,859 claims have been received thus far from Canadians who suffered death or injury as a result of vaccines administered in Canada on or after Dec….


Paper on Post-Vax Autopsies Swiftly Removed After Attracting ‘Special Attention’: Dr. Peter McCullough

A Lancet review of autopsy data of over 300 post-COVID-19 vaccination deaths would challenge the mainstream narrative on the safety of the shots, but was removed within 24 hours of the initial submission, said cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, the paper’s leading author and prominent COVID vaccine skeptic. “The government narrative is still that people do…


New York Paid Up to $14,050 Per COVID-19 Vaccine Administered: Audit

New York City health officials regularly overpaid a contractor to administer COVID-19 tests and vaccines, paying as much as $14,050 for a single COVID-19 vaccination, an audit shows. Officials let Executive Medical Services, a contractor awarded a contract early in the COVID-19 pandemic, to set its own staffing levels, leading to uncontrolled costs, New York City Comptroller Brad…


NYC Paid Up to $14,050 Per COVID-19 Vaccination Administered: Audit

New York City health officials regularly overpaid a contractor to administer COVID-19 tests and vaccines, paying as much as $14,050 for a single COVID-19 vaccination, an audit shows. Officials let Executive Medical Services, a contractor awarded a contract early in the COVID-19 pandemic, to set its own staffing levels, leading to uncontrolled costs, New York City Comptroller Brad…


Moderna Seeks FDA Authorization of Updated Covid Vaccine Ahead of Fall

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of its updated COVID vaccine ahead of the fall, the company announced on June 22. The company’s latest vaccine—the second update to its original shot—targets the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the virus in line with FDA guidance…


Unvaccinated Canadian Woman Denied Organ Transplant Finds US Hospital to Perform Surgery

An Alberta woman who was removed from a high-priority organ transplant list for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has found a hospital in the United States that is willing to perform the surgery. Sheila Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she would not survive without an organ transplant. She…