Category: TRENDS ON THE COVID WARFRONT

On 29 August, The New York Times published an article with the headline: “Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.” The Times analyzed testing data from Massachusetts, New York, and Nevada and concluded that “up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus.” The article goes on to state the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week announced a three-week lockdown in the country to fight the spread of the coronavirus and has received swift backlash from critics against the measures, which affect the Jewish high holiday season. Among the lockdown restrictions in effect, schools, restaurants, and hotels are forced to shut down at least...

Residents and business owners in Marseille, a port city in southern France, have lashed out at the country’s latest COVID lockdown orders they say will crush restaurants and destroy the economy for an unproven approach that may do little to affect the virus’ spread. The French government – like others in Europe – has been...

The Trends Journal has been reporting for months that Sweden, the only European country to not order a strict lockdown, has been showing one of the lowest death rates on the continent since June. On 29 July, Sweden’s top epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, publicly voiced skepticism that wearing masks is effective at controlling the spread of...

Last week, after a recent increase in cases linked to off-campus parties, the University of Colorado banned all public gatherings that include 18- to 22-year-olds after the Boulder County Health Department handed down new guidelines to help fight the spread of COVID in the area. Matthew Parone, a senior at the school, told CBS Denver,...

Over the weeks, we have been reporting in the Trends Journal on the growing number of protests against COVID-19 rules and breach of freedoms as people took to the streets from Berlin to Dublin, London to Paris, Melbourne to Montreal. Anti-government anger is growing across four continents as political leaders, reacting to higher infection rates...

The County Dublin, Ireland, announced this week it would add on additional restrictions due to recent virus cases within the country, after the country’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the “threat is growing” and needs to be slowed, according to a report. Irish Central reported that Martin said the new restrictions will include allowing home...

A recent surge in coronavirus cases in some areas in the Spanish capital of Madrid has prompted the government to order a partial lockdown that has been the source of anger from those who say the mandate is extreme and will crush the economy. Reuters reported the lockdown would target poorer areas in the city...

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study in April that said of those hospitalized due to coronavirus symptoms, a large percentage had health issues prior to contracting the disease. The peer-reviewed journal said 34 percent of the patients had diabetes, 42 percent were obese, and 57 percent had high blood pressure. A...

Some health officials see little use in employing temperature checks in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying these screenings do nothing more than offer a bit of pandemic theater for the public. The New York Times reported last week that some governors have incorporated temperature checks into their coronavirus mandates. Running a...