The Biden Administration Seems To Think Every Public School Is Legally Obligated To Require That Students Wear Face Masks
The secretary of education argues that federal law makes the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines for schools mandatory.
The secretary of education argues that federal law makes the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines for schools mandatory.
No, really, the difference between Newsom's and Larry Elder’s positions on COVID mandates are being presented as “a matter of life and death.”
The ultra-risk averse agency continues to misunderstand how people actually behave in the wild.
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The studies cited by the CDC do not show that preventing COVID-19 outbreaks requires forcing students to cover their faces.
I coauthored it with Kevin Cope (University of Virginia) and Alex Stremitzer (UCLA/ETH Zurich)
The government "strongly recommends" masking at private outdoor gatherings as well.
Andrew Cuomo was a very bad governor. His ability to convince people otherwise during his pandemic press briefings is surely a performance deserving of an Emmy.
States like Alabama that give government regulators control over the number of hospital beds tend to have less of them. That's bad even when there isn't a pandemic.
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If so, public health officials have compounded the problem with disingenuous arguments, dubious policy shifts, and misleading statements.
A minority of the population picking up the tab would be dangerous if the situation were to last.
Although Patrick notes that blacks are less likely to be vaccinated than whites, the gap between Republicans and Democrats is much larger.
Next stop, Supreme Court?
Government and the media aren't paying attention to the relative benefits of vaping over smoking tobacco.
But the decision turns heavily on Louisiana law, and on the nature of this particular set of rules.
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
Writing in The New York Times, Judith Danovitch also argues that masks inhibit nail biting and nose picking.
Complying with the layers of COVID-19 restrictions on travel and human interaction is exhausting even for the vaccinated.
Going out in Manhattan the first night patrons were required to prove their vaccination status
Talk about encouraging vaccine hesitancy.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
Virtual or masked classes are barriers to learning, not just disease.
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A rational debate requires acknowledging both the strengths and the weaknesses of the scientific evidence.
Interviewer Joe Selvaggi and I explore the constitutional and policy issues at stake.
"Do not congregate. Don't talk to your neighbors. Please keep to your bubbles," said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when announcing the new lockdown.
Contrary to what some claim, the Sixth Circuit was the first federal appellate court to issue a ruling on the merits of the CDC eviction moratorium.
Gov. Greg Abbott's position on private vaccination requirements is confused and confusing.
Threatening somebody with prison for refusing a shot is no way to end a pandemic.
Many things once done as a matter of right are now privileges to be dispensed or withheld by those in power.
Politicians and bureaucrats are addicted to foisting their arbitrary reopening rules on everyone else.
The new advisory “is not based on any actual threats or plots” but is purely a response to a “rise in anti-government rhetoric.”
The university's vaccine requirement will remain in force.
DeSantis was wrong to restrict options for COVID control in Florida schools, but the push to blame mask bans is misdirection.
A vaccine mandate for international visitors cuts Africa off for no good reason.
The HBO documentary provides plenty of examples of people conflating moral and medical judgments.
Whether or not YouTube should have suspended him, the senator overlooked the limitations of the studies he cited and ignored countervailing research.
If an eviction moratorium is needed, why wouldn't the legislature try to enact one?
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As it turns out, state and local tax revenues hardly collapsed.
The evidence that the benefits outweigh the costs is not nearly as impressive as mandate enthusiasts imply.