Category: TRENDS ON THE COVID WARFRONT

The movement to recall Governor Gavin Newsom is the latest effort being painted as an extremist “militia”-led movement, to discredit any opposition to disastrous COVID policies. An LA Times story this past week centered on a “red town” in California that has been active in the recall effort against Newsom. Newsom’s draconian use of government...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s church shutdowns are now barred by a permanent statewide injunction, as a result of a court settlement approved late last week. Harvester Rock Church and Harvest Ministry International were awarded $3.1 million to pay for legal fees accrued fighting Newsom’s restrictions, which he claimed were to stem the spread of COVID. Harvest...

Last week, in our article “NOVA SCOTIA: FREEDOM RALLIES FORBIDDEN,” we reported on what was then just the latest incident of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s COVID Cops running roughshod over free speech and free assembly in the name of “health and safety.” Nothing New for NS To date, the province, with a population of just under...

Last Tuesday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that his “Fortress Australia” COVID restrictions, which have shut off travel in and out of the country, will remain in effect for another year. To date, the country of 25,763,214 residents has suffered 910 COVID deaths or 0.0035 percent of the population. Over the course of 16...

Even the WHO isn’t backing China’s new denials that the Wuhan Virology Lab couldn’t possibly be the origin of the COVID-19 virus. China has gone back to pointing at the U.S. and issuing belligerent statements, now that more information is coming to light about experiments at the lab. In March, a joint WHO-China mission concluded...

Despite plans to slowly ease COVID restrictions, protesters took to the streets in Berlin on Saturday to voice their frustrations over lingering lockdowns and expressed skepticism over the virus in general. RT.com reported the protest took place in central Berlin, and some of the protesters were arrested. The report said many in attendance were not wearing...

As reported in January 2020, the coronavirus first struck the city of Wuhan, China. Last week, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, three workers at the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology became so sick in November 2019, they visited hospitals due to their conditions.  The paper, which cited an undisclosed U.S. intelligence report,...

Denmark is pushing to become one of the first nations in Europe to reopen, despite mediocre vaccination numbers. The Financial Times reported that politicians in the country agreed to reopen universities, music clubs, zoos, and theme parks. A cross-party agreement has called for face masks to be done away with by August. The FT reported that the...

New York City, along with much of the tri-state area, eased many restrictions on 19 May, as restaurants, gyms, and salons began operating again at 100 percent capacity… so as long as they can allow six feet of space between customers. Governor Andrew Cuomo called it an “exciting moment” for the state after a “dark,...

The National Restaurant Association released a new report stating that 90,000 restaurants in the U.S. either have closed permanently or long-term. (See our previous articles on this subject: “RESTAURANT INDUSTRY; MORE SHUTDOWNS, MORE BANKRUPTCIES” and “LOCKDOWN DIVIDES RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.”) A Bloomberg report noted the number of closures is lower than the 110,000 the industry was bracing for...