Category: TRENDS ON THE COVID WARFRONT

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...

One of the more remarkable aspects of the new recommendations regarding mask-wearing from the CDC seems to be how quickly and easily the agency’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has changed her tune. Gloom and Doom As recently as 30 March, Dr. Walensky’s mood was, literally, one of impending COVID doom; that’s precisely what she called...

10 percent or 0.1 percent? According to a May 11 New York Times report, it turns out the risks of outdoor transmission of COVID-19 may have been wildly overstated. A month ago, a new CDC guidance on mask-wearing indicated the ratio of outdoor to indoor transmission of the virus was 90 percent to “under 10...

In last week’s Trends Journal, we reported that both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the “Big Apple” would be re-opening very soon.  While de Blasio stated the city would fully reopen by 1 July, Cuomo put in some caveats. In our 4 May article, “NEW YORK: READY TO...

Amsterdam is suffering a decrease in support over its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, and a growing minority seeks stricter lockdowns, according to a report. DutchNews.nl, citing the latest I&O Research survey, reported that 56 percent of those polled support Amsterdam’s measures, which marks a 5-percent drop since the beginning of March. The report said most...

With just 11 weeks until the Tokyo Olympics, Japan announced an extended state of emergency in the capital city and an expanded reach of those impacted by the mandates. The Associated Press reported that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is walking a “political tightrope.” The country appears to be growing frustrated with the closures of restaurants and bars,...

Nova Scotia: The Canadian province of nearly one million imposed new lockdown restrictions last week following the COVID death of a 70-year-old woman. Announcing the latest round of lockdown laws, the province’s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Strang, told Halifax Today: “Remember, the last part of any marathon is hardest. I, too, am exhausted and extremely...

As we have reported, on 23 November 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was presented with an International Emmy Award in recognition of his leadership in fighting the COVID War. (See article here.) Bruce Paisner, CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, said Cuomo’s COVID briefings managed to create “television shows, with characters,...

StudyFinds.org recently published the article titled, “Handwashing is clogging up sinks with nasty disease-causing bacteria.”   Research from the University of Reading in the U.K. confirms that “bacteria can stay alive and grow in the pipes beneath sinks after people wash them off. The problem may be worse than ever, as surveys find some people are...

Said the great American patriot Thomas Paine in 1777: “We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free.” In 2021, as the cover of this Trends Journal clearly shows, the “fight” is gone, and the politicians and bureaucrats tell the people what to do and when to do it. Last week, the CDC...