Category: TRENDS ON THE COVID WARFRONT

Massive protests, with numbers reportedly in the tens of thousands, erupted in London on Saturday as people took to the streets to voice their objection to lingering COVID-19 mandates in the city. The Evening Standard reported the demonstrators held up signs that read, “Freedom is non-negotiable,” and they voiced anger over the city’s vaccination campaign, which they...

State lawmakers are presenting bills that would make it harder for governors and other officials to implement public-health measures, like mask mandates, without going through the legislature during the next health emergency. The COVID-19 outbreak has given governors powers that many in the country never knew they had. With the stroke of a pen, they...

What good are these COVID-19 travel passports? The U.S. State Department added new countries to its Do-Not-Travel advisory list based on new virus infections in various countries. The Wall Street Journal reported 80 percent of countries around the globe are now on this list, and the Department recommended all Americans reconsider traveling internationally due to the virus...

Authoritarian governors have been justifying the terrible physical, emotional, and financial burdens their lockdowns have caused by claiming they save lives. But the data proves otherwise. On 23 April, Blacklist News published the article: “Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States are Where COVID is Growing Most.” Commenting on empirical CDC data, the...

The next time someone peddles COVID fear, these facts may come in handy: CFR vs. IFR False numbers have driven COVID fear from the beginning. It has to do with confirmed Case Fatality Rate (CFR) numbers vs. Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) numbers. IFR is derived from unconfirmed cases that are likely occurring in a population,...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford faced swift backlash last Friday when he announced plans to extend the COVID-19 measures in his province. After a public thrashing by medical professionals and law enforcement, his government retracted the new guidelines the following day. Yahoo Canada reported that Ford sought to close playgrounds and give new powers to police to...

Researchers at Penn State surveyed almost 6,000 residents during the last week in March 2020, just two weeks after the coronavirus was officially declared a global pandemic. As reported in the 12 April article by Study Finds: “People who trust television and social media for COVID-19 news actually know less about the virus… those who...

Mainstream media, obediently parroting government officials and their health “experts,” have often referred to the spread of the coronavirus as a “War.” Now, a new metaphor has shown up to get the American public vigilant and ready to fight the coronavirus: Football.  On 16 April, the Financial Times published the headline: Biden administration to allocate...

Of course, this was not reported by the western media because it would shatter their COVID House of Cards.  As reported by Irish Central News on Sunday, Patrick O’Connor, the solicitor and coroner for County Mayo in Ireland, challenged the accuracy of COVID death reporting by the country’s National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET). Mr....

The government, so-called “health authorities,” and the media that keep spreading scare tactics used to promote vaccinations, social distancing, and continued mask-wearing were exposed in promoting fear and hysteria once again that lacks scientific backing.  For months, we have been warned of a more dangerous and deadly virus variant labeled B.1.1.7.  The 13 April Wall...