The Vaxxed and Boosted Get COVID But Praise Vaccines for “Mild” Symptoms
In an opinion piece for The Vaccine Reaction earlier this year titled “Vaccinated Americans Count Their Blessings Despite Getting COVID,” I cited several members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who had been fully vaccinated but still tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, joining the growing number of vaccinated people in the United […]
Active Duty Service Members Discharged for Not Getting Vaccines
More than 12,000 military service members who have opted not to get the COVID-19 vaccine and are asking for religious exemptions are having zero success. According to the services, the exemption requests are unlikely to be approved and are creating tensions within the military, leaving troops confused about exemptions that are, theoretically, available but impossible […]
Vax Passports: The Medium Is the Message
Opinion | As the concept of vaccine certificates began tickling the fancy of certain segments of the public last spring and summer, opponents reliably invoked Orwell in response to what came to be called “freedom passports,” “green passes,” or other such cute names. The public intellectual that came to my mind, though, was Marshall McLuhan. […]
Unvaccinated Europeans Fight for Rights as COVID Restrictions Tighten
Well, they’re living under lockdown, with no full access to society or jobs. They’re also facing fines and even jail. That’s what the unvaccinated are up against in many European countries, and the backlash is growing. …When I talked to American Alicia Durin and her German husband Andreas, they were packing, trying to get out […]
Pollution from Face Mask Litter Up 9,000 Percent
A study that conducted by the University of Portsmouth and published in the journal Nature Sustainability found that facemask litter has increased by 9,000 percent in the first seven months of the pandemic, from March 2020 to October 2020.1 2 The findings show that facemasks are creating plastic pollution, which could last hundred of years […]
U.S. Autism Rate Rises to One in 44 Children
Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an analysis of 2018 data from nearly a dozen states confirming that the autism rate for eight year old children in the United States has risen to one in 44 children.1 Rates were one in 54 eight-year-old children in 2016,1 one in 150 […]