Commentary The lords of lockdown barely escaped their worst possible fate, namely that the topic would become the national and international source of scandal that it should be. And let’s add the vaccine mandates here too: even if such had been morally justified, which they were not, there is absolutely no practical reason for them…

The Alberta government has announced that Dr. Mark Joffe, currently vice-president and medical director for Cancer Care Alberta and already in a contract with Alberta Health Services, will replace Dr. Deena Hinshaw as the province’s chief medical officer of health, effective immediately. The move means Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on a promise she…

The Alberta government has announced that Dr. Mark Joffe, currently vice-president and medical director for Cancer Care Alberta and already in a contract with Alberta Health Services, will replace Dr. Deena Hinshaw as the province’s chief medical officer of health, effective immediately. The move means Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on a promise she…

Commentary Hospitals are experiencing an influx of young children with serious respiratory illnesses. Out of concern for their wellbeing, some health professionals are pushing to bring back mask mandates for schools. In other words, students would be required, once again, to wear masks while in school buildings. While their motives might be admirable, their remedy…

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Oct. 31, leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require the wearing of masks on airplanes, trains, and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the TSA abandoned its mask mandate in April, the decision allows a Dec….

If masks worked, the past two and a half years would have been completely different. Just wear a mask and get on with life as usual. That would’ve been great, but that’s not what happened — because masks don’t work. Several new studies are now again confirming this. And yet masks are making a comeback….

Commentary The corporate management of Goldman Sachs starting today has completely eliminated its vaccine requirement for workers. Glory be! Why did the company do this? Because it needed its workers back in the office. This supposedly eliminates the final barrier but this spin downplays the significance of the mandate itself. When your own employer violates…

Commentary I was trying to avoid writing more stuff on masks, but this is unbelievable. UC Berkeley, that bastion of California higher education, is now requiring masks—both indoors and outdoors, if one is not vaccinated against… influenza! And, as a virologist and vaccinologist, the use of the slang “flu” makes me cringe. There are no…

Western University in London, Ont., will require all students enrolled in the upcoming fall semester to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to have received at least one booster shot, as well as to wear masks during the duration of all classes and seminars on campus. The vaccine and in-class masking requirement will apply to all…

Mask wearing is not required for Ontario students come this September, the province’s education ministry has confirmed. In an email statement to The Epoch Times on Aug. 8, the ministry says most health and safety requirements for the fall semester will remain unchanged from the end of the 2021–22 school year, including voluntary use of…