A systematic review of 2,168 studies that looked into the adverse effects of wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has found that the practice led to negative health consequences, including itching, headaches, and restriction of oxygen. “We found significant effects in both medical surgical and N95 masks, with a greater impact of the second,” said…
It’s Time to Truly Follow the Science, Starting With a Comprehensive Review of Masking Evidence
Commentary As a researcher grappling with public health challenges for over four decades, I’ve become dismayed that, at least when it comes to COVID-19, intuition or ideological bias often appear to impede rigorously following the science. The pile-on backlash against a recently published “gold standard” systematic review of the evidence for masking further highlights this…
Mask Mandate for Visitors to Service Canada Locations Has Been Dropped, Committee Hears
The requirement that people visiting Service Canada offices must be masked has been dropped, a parliamentary committee has heard. Service Canada is operated by the department of Social Development Minister Karina Gould, who appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources on Feb. 14. Conservative MP Rosemarie Falk told Gould about various complaints she…
The Continued Wrecking of New York City
Commentary It’s been nearly 11 months since the end of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Key to NYC” vaccine mandate and public-school masking requirements. And President Joe Biden recently announced an end to the pandemic-related state of emergency on May 11. Yet many private businesses, cultural institutions, and schools continue to cling to COVID-era restrictions. The…
Western University Drops Mask Mandate After ‘Promising Update’ From Public Health on Respiratory Illnesses
Western University announced Monday it had dropped its mandatory mask policy due to the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) issuing a “promising update” on respiratory illnesses including COVID. In a Feb. 6 website statement, the university said, “Effective today, Western will move from mandating masks in instructional spaces to strongly encouraging masks in crowded indoor…
Cory Morgan: A Dangerous Double Standard Appears to Be at Play in Canada’s Justice System
Commentary As criminal justice cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic and citizens’ responses to it make their way through Canada’s agonizingly slow justice system, a disturbing trend of possible judicial bias appears to be emerging. The double standard being applied to prosecutions linked to any form of protests against pandemic restrictions is stark and disturbing….
The Masking Debate Is Settled
Commentary What is the Cochran Library? “The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognized as the gold standard in evidence-based health…
PREMIERING NOW: Finally, we can drop the term “African American” thanks to Stanford’s “harmful language” list | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 100
December 23, 2022
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Stanford University has published an index of “harmful language” that it wants to eliminate from its websites and computer code, because the terms are ‘ableist, ageist or racist’. For example, the word “American” should be replaced with “U.S. citizen”, as American “often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US…
Finally, we can drop the term “African American” thanks to Stanford’s “harmful language” list | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 100
December 23, 2022
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American Pediatric AcademyantisemitismCDCChildren’s Hospital AssociationEpochTVHarmful LanguageLive Videosmail-in ballotmask mandatesStanford ListThe Larry Elder Showtwitter filesVideo
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Stanford University has published an index of “harmful language” that it wants to eliminate from its websites and computer code, because the terms are ‘ableist, ageist or racist’. For example, the word “American” should be replaced with “U.S. citizen”, as American “often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US…
Cory Morgan: Latest Push for Mask Mandates a Worrying Trend of Coercion Becoming Normalized Sans Pandemic
Commentary The default setting for Canadian rights should be freedom. Incursions upon any freedoms by the government should only be done as an absolute last resort, no matter how minor those incursions may feel to some people. While it’s not surprising to see some fearmongering politicians and legacy media outlets implying we need legislated mask…
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