Tag: Social Issues

New Florida School Board Cans Transgender Bathroom Guidelines, Promotes American Flag

In what conservative parents consider a win, two newly-elected school board members in Miami-Dade County, Florida, wasted no time clarifying bathroom and locker rooms will be separated strictly by biological sex. No longer will transgender students get to choose which bathroom or locker room they’d like to use. Further, American flags—missing from many campuses—will be…


California Turns Into Transgender Sanctuary State for Kids Trying to Modify Their Gender

California became the first sanctuary state in the country to allow children to undergo procedures related to modifying their gender on Jan. 1, adopting a stance that is vastly controversial, in contrast to some Republican-led states that have begun cracking down on invasive medical intervention for transgender-identifying kids. SB 107 was signed into law by Democrat…


Type 2 Diabetes Among American Youth Predicted to Soar 673 Percent in Coming Decades: Expert Forecast

A new modeling study has found that the number of young Americans who are likely to develop type 2 diabetes in the country could rise almost sevenfold over the next 40 years—an estimate that has shocked some experts. The study, “Projections of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Burden in the U.S. Population Aged <20…


Emergency Visits Surge in Shanghai’s Top Hospitals, Mostly COVID Patients

Shanghai’s tertiary hospitals are experiencing a soaring number of patients in their emergency departments, which is double or even several times more than their usual workload, according to doctors. Patients have waited up to eight hours to see a doctor in some of the hospitals. “There are a lot of patients coming to the emergency…


More Than 60 Percent of South Korean Staff Infected With COVID-19 in Embassy and Consulates Across China

In the past two weeks, more than 60 percent of Korean employees at South Korean diplomatic and consular offices across China have been infected with COVID-19, as a new wave of the virus sweeps through the country. South Korea has announced that it will suspend its issuing of short-term visas in China from Jan. 2…


More Than 60 Percent of South Korean Staff Infected With COVID-19 in Embassy, Consulates Across China

More than 60 percent of Korean employees at South Korean diplomatic and consular offices across China have been infected with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, as a new wave of the virus sweeps through the country. South Korea has announced that it will suspend its issuing of short-term visas in China until Jan. 31. Rep….


9 Shootings in Single Day, New Orleans Becomes ‘America’s Murder Capital’ of 2022

The city of New Orleans has seen nine shooting incidents in a span of just 24 hours that has left three people dead, a tragedy that comes at a time when the number of homicides happening in the city is at a level unseen in over a quarter century. The first incident took place on…


Infection Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Was 0.0003 Percent At 0–19 Years: Study

A study that looked into the age-stratified infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 among the non-elderly population has found that the rate was extremely low among young people. “The median IFR was 0.0003 percent at 0–19 years, 0.002 percent at 20–29 years, 0.011 percent at 30–39 years, 0.035 percent at 40–49 years, 0.123 percent at…


General Motors Funds Transgenderism Efforts in Children’s Classrooms

General Motors (GM) provided a grant to a pro-transgender organization that supplies kindergarten and elementary classrooms with children’s books that support its ideology. The Detroit-based automaker made a donation last year to the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) “Rainbow Library” Program, according to its 2021 Social Impact Report (pdf). The pro-transgender organization is known…


Doctors in China’s Countryside Face Wave of Infections With Scarce Medical Resources

China’s COVID-19 infections have rapidly spread to the countryside and small towns and concerns are mounting about the Chinese lunar new year that will fall on Jan. 22, 2023, when a large number of holiday travelers are expected as people return to their hometowns for the celebration. As hospitals in big cities are overwhelmed by…