All tagged COVID-19
Rep. Don Beyer introduced this measure knowing that study after study shows that one of the safest places to be in this pandemic is in a commercial jet. Like Biden’s heavy-handed edicts, it also ignores the presence of 41 million Americans who have been infected with Covid-19 and likely have natural immunity that may protect better against Covid-19 than vaccinations.
Like many other University of Virginia alumni, I was taken aback to hear that the Board of Visitors had granted President Jim Ryan a $200,000 bonus for the great job UVa had done in addressing the COVID-19 epidemic.
Frankly, I don’t want to give one penny more to our Virginia Beach schools where the far-left majority on school board fought reopening classrooms last year
The Standards of Learning pass rates for Virginia public school students were grim this year, showing declines of 20 to 25 percentage points in history, math and science from the 2018-19 school year.
The ACLU sat by as Americans lost their livelihoods and saw their churches closed, springing into action only when abortions were in peril.
George Mason University has granted Todd Zywicki a medical exemption from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. The law school professor had sued the university, which had denied him an exemption, on the grounds that, as a COVID survivor, he had acquired natural immunity to the virus and that a vaccination would expose him to unnecessary medical risks.
Smoke from wildfires has been our constant companion for almost the entire trip.
How dare anyone criticize the unknown number of guests who found their way onto the Obamas’ $12 million Martha’s Vineyard estate on Saturday! These were “sophisticated people”. The sort that are too smart and urbane to catch or spread viruses.
The Governor’s 15-month emergency powers expired June 30, and, God, does he miss them.
The Department of Homeland Security estimates that 15 to 25% of those crossing the border illegally are infected with Covid-19. That means on any day in June about 1,500 people came into the U.S., bringing the Covid virus with them.
Before departing for the private sector, former Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne outlined his thinking for the disposition of $4.3 billion in federal COVID-helicopter money: The funds are a one-time windfall.
The Northam administration has issued new guidelines urging unvaccinated students and staff to keep wearing masks in K-12 schools this fall — but won’t require them to do so.
Do newspapers run front-page stories when a stomach flu hits a sleep-away camp? How about poison ivy? Athlete’s foot?
The Northam administration has been an unmitigated disaster when it comes to mental health. That’s ironic, when you consider the damage the governor’s prolonged lockdowns, fruitless mask mandates and shuttered schools did to the mental health of vulnerable Virginians.
Before states rush to comply with the CDC guidelines on masks in schools, remember that the health organization doesn’t make RULES it offers RECOMMENDATIONS. Governors are not obliged to obey.
Given the limited resources available for mental health, am I the only one wondering why federal dollars are being directed to people terrified to come out from under their beds now that the Covid emergency is over?
Fact is, vaccines have been free and available to all adults for months. If - after weighing the risks and benefits - folks declined them, that’s their business. Leave them alone.
The Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Virginia Tech delivered a petition with about 500 signatures urging the university to end a policy requiring students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to take classes in the fall
Should the governor of Virginia have unlimited and endless emergency powers that are not subject to legislative oversight?
