Tag: masks

Judge Rules Alberta Politicians Were ‘Unreasonable’ in Lifting Mask Mandate

EDMONTON—An Alberta judge has ruled that the provincial government’s February public health order removing mandatory masking for students in schools was “unreasonable,” because the decision was not made by the chief medical officer of health (CMOH). In an Oct. 26 decision, Court of King’s Bench Justice Grant Dunlop stated that the Public Health Act required…


New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls on Parents to Remask Their Children

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday urged parents in the state to prepare for the colder weather months and remask their toddlers to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. “We’re not mandating this, but we’re saying, parents, you know, you got other kids, you got kids in school, preschool and you…


Why Los Angeles’s Mask Rule Is Contradicting Itself | Ross Novie

My guest is Ross Novie, a multi-media director and producer and the founder of Uprising LA. While children can sit next to each other in classrooms with no masks, they are required to wear them in public gyms and recreation centers. Why is there this discrepancy and how is it impacting the children in Los…


Did the Censors Succeed?

Commentary These days I rarely encounter people who disagree that the pandemic policy was a disaster. You can usually get a laugh at a cocktail party when making fun of sanitizer madness, 15 days to flatten the curve, ubiquitous plexiglass, or 6 feet of distance. The school closures are in disrepute, as are the restriction…


Trio Fighting Criminal Charges for Refusing to Wear Masks at Pennsylvania School Board Meeting

A year after attending a Pennsylvania school board meeting about requiring students to wear COVID-19 masks, three people are still in court trying to get the charges dropped for alleged criminal defiant trespass. The charge is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Their cases could have statewide legal implications,…


Philips Recalls Some Masks Used With Respiratory Devices Over Safety Concerns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that medical device maker Philips has recalled certain masks used with some of its respiratory machines due to potential risk of serious injury. The masks have magnetic headgear clips or straps which can interfere with certain implanted metallic medical devices and metallic objects in the body…


New Studies Once More Show Masks Don’t Work; Why Are Masks Making a Comeback in Many Areas? | Truth Over News

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….


Mask Up, Berkeley Students

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…


Watchdog Sues Biden Administration Over Refusal to Provide Studies on Masks

A watchdog group is suing the Biden administration for allegedly refusing to provide information on studies on the efficacy of cloth masks. Functional Government Initiative (FGI) says the Department of Health and Human Services and two subagencies have violated federal law by refusing to provide the information. FGI in February sent Freedom of Information Act…


Feds Paid $106 Million for COVID Medical Supplies That Were Never Delivered

The Department of Public Works is promising to disclose what it did to verify the credibility of federal COVID-19 suppliers. Records show that rushed contracting for medical supplies along with theft cost Canadian taxpayers over $106 million, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “While the department established processes at the outset of the pandemic aimed at ensuring…