#Time to let go of COVID rules, for good

#Time to let go of COVID rules, for good

“Time to let go of COVID rules, for good” COVID alarmists are already looking forward to the next lockdown. We say: No freaking way. Yes, New York may well see another COVID surge, with Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant a likely candidate. But the threat just doesn’t justify major disruptions to fight it.  Look: It’s now clear…

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#lives lost in tragic fire

#lives lost in tragic fire

“lives lost in tragic fire” It turns out that extreme anti-COVID measures have a real, and deadly, cost. Such as the 17 lives lost (eight of them children) along with dozens injured in the January fire at the Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx. The head of the fire inspectors’ union now says…

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#Plant-based vaccine shows high efficacy against COVID-19

#Plant-based vaccine shows high efficacy against COVID-19

“#Plant-based vaccine shows high efficacy against COVID-19” The world’s first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate has proven to be more than 75% effective against preventing the Delta variant of the virus, a Canadian drugmaker said Tuesday. Medicago’s vaccine was 75.3% effective against the variant when enhanced with GlaxoSmithKline’s booster, according to a late-stage study from both…

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#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’

#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’

“#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’” The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey) NOTE, Nov. 29, 2021: The print version of this article went to press before researchers identified the B.1.1.529 variant, which the WHO on Nov. 26 named “Omicron”…

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