Category: vaccine mandates

BC Judge Rejects Henry’s Bid to Dismiss Petition Filed Over Her Vaccine Mandates for Health-Care Workers

A judge in B.C. has rejected a bid by Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry to have a petition, filed against several of her COVID-19 orders for health-care workers, dismissed from court. In a ruling on May 4, Justice Simon Coval of the Supreme Court of British Columbia said the advocacy group that challenged Henry’s COVID-19…


Ryerson Students Take Legal Action Against University Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A group of 15 students is taking legal action against Ryerson University for deregistering them from their programs after they chose not to comply with the school’s vaccine mandate. “This action is brought to remedy the harm caused by the implementation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate and to advocate for the permanent removal of such…


Conservative One Nation Party to Champion Voices of Australians Fed up With Major Parties

Going into Australia’s 2022 federal election, conservative One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson has said her party will champion the voices of everyday Australians fed up with the rising cost of living, oppressive COVID-19 measures, immigration issues, national security issues, net zero commitments, and climate policies. Hanson outlined these as major issues for One Nation at a…


Human Rights Commission Speaks Up on Vaccine Mandates in Queensland

The Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC), which has intervened in a number of Supreme Court cases challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates, has said there is no “one size fits all approach” to determining the human rights compatibility of vaccine mandates. Throughout the pandemic, the QHRC has called on the Queensland state government to publicly release how…


[PREMIERING NOW] Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

This episode will premiere on Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m. ET.           “This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist…


Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

“This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist and medical ethicist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, chief of medical ethics at the Unity Project and fellow…


[PREMIERING 7PM ET] Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

This episode will premiere on Sat. April 9, at 7 p.m. ET.  “This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist medical ethicist Dr. Aaron…


[Premiering at 7:30PM] The State Can Abduct Children Through CPS ‘Medical Kidnapping’: Rep. Tammy Nichols

A recent case in Idaho is raising alarms over the government’s ability to take children from parents using what’s being called “medical kidnapping” by Child Protective Services (CPS). State Rep. Tammy Nichols, a Republican, says that it contains possible legal issues since normal protections under the law are being reversed. Nichols said, “You know, that’s what…


The State Can Abduct Children Through CPS ‘Medical Kidnapping’: Rep. Tammy Nichols

A recent case in Idaho is raising alarms over the government’s ability to take children from parents using what’s being called “medical kidnapping” by Child Protective Services (CPS). State Rep. Tammy Nichols, a Republican, says that it contains possible legal issues since normal protections under the law are being reversed. Nichols said, “You know, that’s what…


2 California Nurses Reflect on Vaccine Mandates as State Prepares to Add Laws

As California state lawmakers prepare to vote on seven COVID-19-related bills this month, two nurses reflected on how their hospitals managed vaccine mandates and religious exemptions. “There’s a lot of data suggesting that the mandate we did, didn’t make a lot of difference,” said Authur Gorman, a registered nurse from northern California’s Shasta County. “Going…