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https://bangordailynews.com/2022/01/11/news/hancock/ellsworth-doctor-faces-license-suspension-over-covid-misinformation-allegations/ by Kevin Miller, Maine Public2 hours ago Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) In this March…
Flu vaccination campaign a ‘mess’ that should be discontinued: Canadian health official/ National Post
Excerpts from an article in the National Post, detailing remarks by Dr. Richard Schabas, Ontario’s former chief medical officer and a top health officer in the province: “In eastern Ontario where I live and work the outbreak is effectively over. If we’re immunizing people now essentially you’re barring the barn door after the horse is…
F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds/NYT
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Selfish: The King of Covid Epithets. Recognize propaganda when you see it / Brownstone Institute
BY GABRIELLE BAUER MAY 6, 2022a https://brownstone.org/articles/selfish-the-king-of-covid-epithets/ Enter “Covid” plus “selfish” in a Google search box and you’ll get over 28 million hits. Here’s the type of headline that pops up: “Don’t be one of the selfish idiots putting us all at risk” (Edinburgh News, Sept. 24, 2020) “Too many Americans are selfish, and it’s killing people”…
What Does State of Emergency mean?
What exactly is a “state of emergency”? According to Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), state declarations “may also identify state rules and regulations that are waived or suspended during the emergency… They can include: Activation of statutory immunities and liability protections for those involved in response activities. Suspension and waiver of rules…
When Health Care is not a Public Good, why would hospitals agree to take Ebola patients?/ WaPo
The WaPo explores which hospitals will be approved by CDC to treat Ebola patients, and whether hospitals will lose or gain from such a designation. Treating an Ebola patient scares other patients away, puts staff at risk, and demands extraordinary levels of intensive care that exceed what can be reimbursed by insurers, and sometimes what can…