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CDC Now Recommends 3-foot Social Distancing in Classrooms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidelines for K-12 schools, reducing the recommended physical distance between students in classroom from six feet to three feet. The agency on Friday announced it “now recommends that, with universal masking, students should maintain a distance of at least 3 feet in classroom settings.”…


Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC Nationwide Eviction Ban

A federal judge struck down a nationwide eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ruling the 2020 ban was beyond its authority. The ruling in the lawsuit, known as Skyworks Ltd. v. CDC, came late March 10. The legal action was filed Oct. 23 in federal court in Ohio, as…


Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC’s Nationwide Eviction Ban

A federal judge struck down a nationwide eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ruling the 2020 ban was beyond the agency’s authority. The ruling in the lawsuit, known as Skyworks Ltd. v. CDC, came on March 10. The ruling consisted of a declaratory judgment but not an injunction. It’s…


Researchers: CDC Misinterpreted Analysis on Reopening Schools, Should Immediately Loosen Rules

Researchers whose analysis the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cited in recent school reopening guidance say the agency misinterpreted their findings and should immediately loosen the recommendations. Four doctors said in an op-ed this week that the guidance “is an example of fears influencing and resulting in misinterpretation of science and harmful policy,”…


Fully Vaccinated People Do Not Need Masks or Physical Distancing: CDC

People who are fully vaccinated can now gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its new guidance on Monday. “There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in their own homes,” CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky said in a…


Mask Mandates Linked to Slightly Lower Number of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths: CDC

Mandates to wear masks are linked to a lower number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report issued Friday, the agency said that mandating masks was linked to a decrease in daily COVID-19 case and death growth rates within 20 days of implementation. Researchers…


Arizona Gov. Ducey Orders Schools to Offer In-Person Learning

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order on Wednesday to have schools offer in-person learning by March 15 or after spring break. Students can still continue in virtual instruction if their parent or guardian approves. Middle and high schools in counties deemed to have “high” transmission of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which…


CDC Director: Recent COVID-19 Gains Could Be Lost Due to New Variants

The director of the nation’s top public health agency said Monday that the drops in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths could be erased in the near future due to new variants of the virus that causes the disease. The number of daily new cases has dropped sharply in recent weeks but there’s evidence the declines…


Federal Judge Rules Nationwide Eviction Ban Is Unconstitutional

A  judge in Texas on Thursday ruled that the federal government does not have the authority to issue a nationwide eviction moratorium. U.S. District Judge John Barker ruled in favor of a group of property managers and landlords who challenged a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order that prevented them from temporarily evicting tenants for non-payment of…


CDC Was Unwilling to Partner With Industry For Rapid COVID-19 Sequencing: Former Trump Adviser

The deputy national security adviser during the Trump Administration, Matthew Pottinger, said Sunday that during the onset of the CCP virus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was “unwilling” to partner with industrial labs who could provide rapid COVID-19 sequencing. “The CDC was unwilling to partner with industrial labs to do tens…