Should we all be “preppers”?
Preppers is the term given to those who plan for disasters – for some, like us, this means the ordinary situation like power outages, while for others, it is preparing…
Public health: King County may rehire those it fired over vaccine mandates
The County lost hundreds of employees over vaccine mandates. Hundreds were fired and hundreds more resigned to avoid being fired. Now, faced with a labor shortage – in some departments,…
Public health: Public health doctors say they were wrong about school closures
Doctors reflect on race, schools three years into Covid-19 (missionlocal.org) Dr. Carlos del Rio, interim dean at Emory University School of Medicine, said public health experts didn’t foresee the effect…
Public health: Study finds lockdowns led to minimal reduction in Covid-19 deaths
Stringency index studies find that the average lockdown in Europe and the United States in the spring of 2020 only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 3.2 per cent. …. Herby, Jonung,…
Yes it is: Covid isn’t over
We’ve been told over and over and over again that Covid will never be “over” – but will become endemic and most will have Covid several times during the rest…
Public health: “First People Sickened By COVID-19 Were Chinese Scientists At Wuhan Institute Of Virology, Say US Government Sources”
The three scientists were engaged in “gain-of-function” research on SARS-like coronaviruses when they fell ill Source: First People Sickened By COVID-19 Were Chinese Scientists At Wuhan Institute Of Virology, Say…
Public health: Time to prohibit authoritarian approaches?
Over the past three years, the public has seen first-hand the tremendous power the public health establishment wields. Using emergency power that most people never realized an American government possessed,…
Public health – hmmmm: “People urged to start wearing masks”
April 28, 2023 – “Experts”: Experts say it is up to individuals to help stop the spread of the disease Source: People urged to start wearing masks and testing thanks…
Public health, Education: Schools really did close a long time
Oregon closed schools on Mar 12, 2020, then directed to re-open as "hybrid" in Apr 2021, and fully re-open in Sep 2022.