The private liberal arts college, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced the tightened public health rules Tuesday in response to concerns about the spread of the Delta variant. The following restrictions will apply from move-in until September 13 (via The Amherst Student): indoor double-mask mandates, two Covid tests upon arrival, a bi-weekly testing requirement, limits on … Continued
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to appeal after a judge ruled that his executive order to block school mask mandates is unconstitutional. Leon County Judge John Cooper ruled on Friday that the state could not sanction local school boards that require masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, namely the Delta variant, on school property. The judge … Continued
Tens of thousands of people in Germany and France protested against COVID-19-related restrictions and vaccinate passports over the weekend, saying the restrictions infringe on their rights. German police had banned nine planned demonstrations for Aug. 28, including one from the Stuttgart-based Querdenker movement, the most visible anti-lockdown movement in Germany. A court ruled in favor of allowing one event, … Continued
A nationwide shortage of nurses and health care workers may soon worsen as thousands of medical staff face losing their jobs by refusing to obey new COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “It will be really terrible. We’re already understaffed,” said one veteran registered nurse who works at a health care facility north of Seattle. She said she will lose her … Continued
Sen. Ron Johnson called out the Biden administration’s health agencies Sunday for shortcutting the usual safety reviews in a rush to give final approval to COVID-19 vaccines, including failing to account for thousands of deaths and adverse reactions among people worldwide who got the shots. In a letter to the administration’s top health officials, the Wisconsin Republican … Continued
Californians wanting to attend events with more than 1,000 people will have to prove they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The California Department of Public Health announced attending indoor events with 1,000 or more guests will require either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within the last 72 hours. The requirement previously was triggered at … Continued
COVID-19 has now infected more than 35 million Americans and claimed the lives of more than 600,000.1 Johns Hopkins University, “COVID-19 Map,” Coronavirus Resource Center, https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (accessed March 5, 2021). After the introduction of the vaccines, COVID-19 cases and deaths declined significantly, although there has been a recent uptick in cases due to the Delta variant. The … Continued
Landlords in Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court to block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s legally dubious nationwide eviction moratorium while that court considers an appeal from the landlords. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended the moratorium earlier this month after President Joe Biden acknowledged doing so would be illegal and … Continued
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed an executive order that prohibits local governments from ordering businesses to adopt mask or COVID-19 vaccine mandates, saying the measure is necessary to “protect” private businesses. The executive order bars local officials from mandating the orders, but allows private businesses to require masks or vaccines, Kemp told reporters during … Continued
George Mason University has granted a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate to Todd Zywicki, a professor at the university’s Antonin Scalia Law School who filed a lawsuit against the mandate two weeks ago. In a statement, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), serving as legal counsel for Zywicki in the lawsuit, announced the … Continued
Three U.S. senators on Thursday said they tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes it. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), 70, Angus King (I-Maine), 77, and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), 69, are the latest prominent U.S. officials to contract so-called breakthrough infections of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Wicker’s spokesman, Phillip Waller, said … Continued
A judge on Thursday ruled that St. Louis County in Missouri cannot enforce its mask mandate for now. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo issued a preliminary injunction ordering the county to stop taking action to enforce the mask mandate, while the court considers the full case. She said that her decision was made based on the law. … Continued
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