Global health expert says travel restrictions likely to stay for another 1 to 2 years
A public health “expert” tells the BBC that we may have travel restrictions in place for another 1 to 2 years. It’s lock down and lock’em up forever.
European countries mandate medical-grade masks, acknowledge that cotton face masks were near worthless
They’ve known this for almost 100 years: Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in infections, a number of European countries are beginning to make…
Austria joins France and White house in saying cloth masks do not work
Austria now joins France and the White House in saying that cloth masks do not work. Austria now mandates use of N95 masks at all times when shopping in stores.…
White House admits cloth masks do not work – Mandates n95s for staff
White House staff required to use N95 masks because they know cloth masks basically do not work. During her first press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested those…
France acknowledges that cloth face masks do not work
Good grief. I noted this last April – over the span of 3 days the public health quacks went from face masks do not work when used by the public…
Investment strategist: “Covid-19 vaccines will end pandemic in U.S. by early summer”
Several investment firms have suggested this: “Our view is by summer — by Independence Day — we will be free of the coronavirus. We’ll reach critical mass, herd immunity in…
CDC issues report that vaccine works better if you post a selfie on social media as you get it
The stream of social media photos of celebrities and health care workers getting vaccinated has become obnoxious. I am glad that HCWs are getting vaccinated and glad that older folks…
Smart phone contact tracing apps mostly ignored, unused
In reality, adoption of contract tracing apps by citizens was largely sporadic and unenthusiastic. A trio of researchers in Australia decided to explore why contract tracing apps weren’t more widely…
Electric vehicles, now
This part is likely negative for the environment: Biden administration will also pursue direct-consumer rebates to encourage American car buyers to swap out fossil-fuel-powered cars for zero-emission vehicles. Source: Biden…
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Wondered where this was going? British politician urges lock downs and restrictions to fight climate change
Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were correct? 2020 was a trial run? Geesh. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries…