On 19 March 2020, California became the first state to issue a stay-at-home order, ban all public gatherings, and close down schools. Within days, New Jersey, New York, and Illinois followed suit. That was followed by 39 more states, 43 in all, shutting down their economies, schools, and social interaction to deal with the spread...
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WHO “EXPERTS”: THE WORST IS YET TO COME
As reported in The New York Times last Thursday, two recent World Health Organization reports call for governments around the world to deal with the coming pandemics by banning travel immediately and imposing strict mask-wearing edicts. Their reports are said to focus on mistakes made when the COVID War began, stating that “current institutions, public...
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LOCKDOWNS WERE GOOD NEWS FOR DIET PLANS
When the COVID War was launched over a year ago, on 24 March 2020, we published the article “STAY HOME, EAT, AND DIE,” which forecast that locked-down society would blow up from eating more low-quality foods and exercising less. We told Trends Journal subscribers that overeating, particularly unhealthy snack foods, would further increase as Americans...
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ANTI-MASKING IN SCHOOLS GAINS MOMENTUM
According to an Associated Press report on 12 May, there is a growing backlash against the required masking of school students, led largely by parents. It’s making headway, with a growing number of school boards and schools choosing to scuttle their school mask mandates and make mask-wearing optional. But it’s not happening quietly. In some...
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MASK CONFUSION: WHERE THEM HERE, NOT THERE
Following last Thursday’s announcement by the CDC it was relaxing its mask-wearing and social distancing mandates, a number of large U.S. companies, including Walmart, the country’s biggest retailer, announced they would follow suit. Walmart’s move, which affects over 1.5 million American workers and some 140 million shoppers, was considered the most influential, as they confirmed...
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SPAIN’S DÍAZ AYUSO’S BIG WIN OFFERS BLUEPRINT FOR VICTORY
As we reported in our 22 September issue, the anti-lockdown message of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the head of Madrid’s regional government, had begun to resonate with Spaniards. Her anti-lockdown message served her movement well – it won her a landslide victory in the Madrid regional election, which resulted in her Popular Party more than doubling...
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BRIT’S PM BENEFITS FROM “VACCINE BOUNCE”
The U.K.’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson – facing the first big test since his 2019 victory after elections were postponed due to the COVID War – saw his Conservative Party snag a seat in Hartlepool, in northern England, which the Labor Party has held since 1974. Johnson said, “I think what this election shows is...
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SCOTS READY TO BREAK AWAY FROM U.K.
Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National party won 64 seats in parliament – one shy of an overall majority – which paves the way for a second referendum on Scotland separating from the United Kingdom. Sturgeon told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the second referendum is “a matter of when, not if,” the Associated Press reported. The AP reported...
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ALGERIA: PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS STAMPED DOWN
Algerian police cracked down on pro-democracy protests and journalists set to cover them on Friday, as the country continues to feel pressure from protests led by the movement Hirak, also known as the Revolution of Smiles. The AFP reported several people were detained, including one of their photographers, who was released after spending eight hours in...
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NOVA SCOTIA: FREEDOM RALLIES FORBIDDEN
The government of Nova Scotia had ordered a province-wide lockdown and on 14 May, was granted a court injunction, under the Health Protection Act and the Emergency Management Act, prohibiting any gathering that defied the province’s public health orders. As reported by Halifax Today, provincial authorities this past weekend invoked that injunction to declare illegal...