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Feb 21 2021
Headline Roundup
Health Experts Speculate About Herd Immunity In The U.S.
Nearly one year into widespread COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, vaccine rollouts and a decline in new cases have health experts speculating about when the country will reach herd immunity. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, surgeon and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor Marty Makary said he believes herd immunity to the virus would be when 60% to 80% have been infected or vaccinated, and
New York Times (News) Wall Street Journal (Opinion) Associated PressJun 11 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The FBI Tragedy: Elites above the Law
After decades in the FBI, the top brass came to believe they could flout the law and pursue their own political agendas.
One of the media and beltway orthodoxies we constantly hear is that just a few bad apples under James Comey at the FBI explain why so many FBI elites have been fired, resigned, reassigned, demoted, or retired — or just left for unexplained reasons. The list is long
Victor HansonDec 02 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Announces New COVID-19 Travel Rules
Amid the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new rules for domestic and international travel.
Beginning Monday, travelers entering the country by air must now test negative for COVID-19 within 24 hours of departure, regardless of vaccination status or nationality. The previous rule required a negative test within 72 hours of departure.
New York Post (News) CNBC USA TODAYFeb 23 2022
Headline Roundup
CDC Withheld Large Portions of COVID-19 Data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has withheld significant amounts of COVID-19 data on hospitalizations and vaccinations.
When the CDC recently published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65, it left out the numbers for the 18-49 age group. It has also collected data on vaccines and hospitalizations more generally since
Daily Beast New York Times (News) The Daily WireNov 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’
President Joe Biden said Monday that the newly-discovered omicron COVID-19 variant was “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.”
Biden also said his strategy to combat the new variant would focus on vaccines, not new lockdowns and travel restrictions. The same day, the World Health Organization said omicron posed a “very high” global risk due to “considerable uncertainties” about
Fox Business CBS News (Online) The HillFeb 27 2023
Headline Roundup
DeSantis Signs Bill Taking Over Disney World Tax District
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill Monday ending Disney’s semi-self-governing status over the district containing the Disney World amusement park in central Florida.
Details: The potential 2024 presidential candidate began feuding with Disney last year when the media company publicly opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits discussion of sexual
New York Post (News) Daily Beast Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 08 2022
Headline Roundup
Brittney Griner Released in Prisoner Swap for Arms Dealer
WNBA star Brittney Griner is in the custody of U.S. officials after being freed in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia, President Biden said Thursday.
For Context: Griner was swapped for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for conspiring to sell weapons to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist group. Griner had been sentenced to
Fox News Digital Axios ViceApr 19 2022
Headline Roundup
Biden Administration Plans To Rescind Trump's 'Conscience Rule' For Healthcare Workers
The Biden administration is reportedly planning on rescinding a Trump-era rule that allows healthcare providers to avoid performing abortions or other medical services that conflict with their religious beliefs.
An anonymous source from the Department of Health and Human Services told Politico (Lean Left bias) that the "rulemaking process" is already underway and that the changes could
Politico The Federalist ReutersJun 24 2019
News
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
The world, according to University of Washington professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, is awash in BS.
So begins their popular course, “Calling Bullshit,” which trains college students to identify and call out misinformation. BS warps voter choices. It can damage businesses. BS oozed from a crudely edited video that falsely suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was
Washington PostMar 30 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden and CDC Director Warn of Possible Virus Rebound
President Joe Biden and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky are warning of a possible rebound of the COVID-19 virus if people ease off of mask requirements and other restrictions.
The warnings came on Monday as President Biden also announced new steps to expand coronavirus vaccination, with all adults becoming eligible over the next five weeks as the number of pharmacies administering
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