Tag: jan 18 2022

Protesters gathered in the long shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday to rail against the government’s new requirements to obtain a vaccination health pass, which now requires a third COVID-19 vaccine jab. The government deactivated the so-called “health pass” for up to half a million French people who previously qualified. The pass allows citizens...

Demonstrators took to the streets in major Italian cities on Saturday to criticize the government—namely Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi—over new restrictions for the unvaccinated in the country in the form of a “Super Green Pass.” Under the new guidelines, a negative COVID-19 test will no longer allow citizens to enter...

Several hundred people gathered in downtown Beirut on Saturday to voice their opposition against new measures aimed at the unvaccinated in Lebanon, including unvaccinated civil servants being forced to take frequent PCR tests that many cannot afford. The Guardian reported that the country of six million has recorded more than 760,000 cases and 9,250 deaths since...

German restaurants and hotels are bracing for new challenges after the government approved stricter COVID-19 guidelines that require booster shots for individuals who would have previously qualified to enter these venues in the country. “The situation is once again dramatic for many of our members,” Ingrid Hartges, the director of DEHOGA, Germany’s Hotel and Restaurant...

Researchers at Oregon State University have released findings from a study which indicate that certain compounds found in marijuana may help prevent the COVID-19 virus from entering human cells. As reported by Study Finds.org on 12 January, the compounds, a pair of cannabinoid acids, target and bind to the same Coronavirus spike proteins that are...

As reported by The Wall Street Journal on 13 January, Pope Francis, on 10 January, gave his annual address to the assembled ambassadors of the Vatican’s diplomatic corps; the Vatican maintains diplomatic relations with the E.U. and with 183 sovereign nations.  In keeping with the mainstream narrative, Pope Francis called for greater diplomatic efforts to...

Who in the world would have believed that two years ago in February, colleges would send students home and offices, beginning with “Big-Tech,” would close down and tell their employees to work from home as fears of the coronavirus spread from China? And back then, when politicians jumped on board to fight the COVID War,...

In support of Pres. Biden’s intention to keep schools open, his administration has announced plans to begin shipping 5 million rapid COVID-19 tests each month to both public and private K-12 schools. This is in addition to the $10 billion previously allocated to schools for testing.  The Wall Street Journal reported, on 12 January, that...