Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Fine Businesses $14,000 for Each Unvaccinated Employee
From January 4th, U.S. businesses will be fined $14,000 for each unvaccinated employee under President Biden's new vaccine mandate.
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U.S. Vaccine Panels Approve The Pfizer Vaccine For Five-to-Eleven Year-Olds.
In the United States, Advisory boards on the FDA and CDC have approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11 year-olds.
Firing Nurses Who’ve Worked Through the Pandemic Is a Disgrace
Nurses are being fired for not getting vaccinated, despite having natural immunity. They served on the frontline for more than eighteen months, while the people demanding mandates were sitting at home on their laptops.
Why Are People’s Risk Perceptions So Skewed?
For months, we’ve been treated to morbid ‘daily death numbers’ – but for only one cause of death. Perhaps if these figures had been reported for all causes of death, people’s risk perceptions would be less skewed.
Democrats Still Dramatically Overestimate the Risks of COVID-19
In a recent Gallup poll, 41% of Democrats said the risk of hospitalisation for those who aren't vaccinated is at least 50%. Given such skewed risk perceptions, is it any surprise that COVID theatre is still with us?
Switch to Remote Learning Caused Large Decline in U.S. School Enrolment
Last year, school districts across the U.S. took the unprecedented step of closing schools and instead providing remote-only instruction. A new study finds that this caused a large decline in school enrolment.
Are the Vaccines Declining in Effectiveness Against Serious Disease?
Reported infections in England are rising in the most vaccinated age groups while they fall in the under 40s, and hospital admissions are getting older again. Is this a sign of declining vaccine effectiveness?
Another Cost-Benefit Analysis Finds That Lockdowns Weren’t Worth It
In a new paper, the economic consultant L. Jan Reid has attempted a cost-benefit analysis of lockdown in the United States. He concludes that the “cost of the lockdowns was up to ten times greater than the benefits”.
Stringency Index Is Not Associated With COVID-19 Death Rate Across U.S. States, but IS Associated With Higher Unemployment
The case against lockdowns is simple: "benefits small, costs large". A data scientist has found that states with more stringent lockdowns haven’t had fewer COVID-19 deaths, but they have seen higher unemployment.
Transmission of COVID-19 Is Influenced by Temperature, Humidity and UV Radiation, Study Finds
Some countries have seen infections rise during the summer, leading to doubts about COVID-19's seasonality. However, a new study confirms that transmission is influenced by temperature, humidity and UV radiation.
