Biden administration appeals to Supreme Court to stop unvaccinated Navy SEAL deployments Via Just The News: The Department of Defense on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to stop the deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs after a lower court ruled that the government did not have a right to do so. The request comes after a ruling in January from a Texas judge who determined that the […]
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine converts to DNA inside human liver cells, new study Via Just The News: The messenger RNA from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine reportedly can enter human liver cells and be converted into DNA, contrary to what the CDC has said. A study by Swedish scientists finds that when the vaccine's mRNA enters human liver cells it triggers a number of reactions that yield a reverse transcription that turns the mRNA […]
Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll Via AP News: Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the wildly contagious virus variant, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center […]
Congresswoman, state of Texas sue CDC over air travel mask mandate Via Just The News: U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, represented by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the state of Texas are suing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, challenging the constitutionality of its requirement that people wear masks on commercial airlines, conveyances, and at transportation hubs. The lawsuit is likely to go to the U.S. Supreme […]
Moderna CEO says it’s ‘reasonable’ to think the pandemic may be in its final stages Via CNBC.com: Moderna’s CEO Stephane Bancel said it’s “reasonable” to assume that we may be approaching the final stages of the pandemic. “I think that is a reasonable scenario,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” when asked about views that the Covid-19 pandemic may now be in its final stages. “There’s an 80% chance that […]
Moderna, Pfizer stocks fall as Covid omicron wave subsides in U.S. Via CNBC.com: Shares of the major Covid vaccine makers fell on Monday, as the unprecedented wave of omicron infections eased, with new cases rapidly dropping across the country. Moderna plunged more than 11%, the biggest decline in the S&P 500 Monday. Pfizer tumbled nearly 2% and its partner BioNTech slid more than 9%, while Novavax was off more than […]
Hawaii Will Not Mandate Booster Shots for Travelers Via Breitbart: The state of Hawaii has reversed course and will not be mandating that travelers to the islands show proof of a booster shot in order to be considered fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. In a statement on Tuesday, Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) said the decision not to mandate boosters stemmed from the declining coronavirus case count. “There has been […]
Police criminalize food, fuel donations to Freedom Convoy protest Via Just The News: Canadian authorities are threatening to bring criminal charges against those who bring food and fuel to so-called Freedom Convoy truckers protesting the nation's COVID-19 policies, which are generally harsher than in the U.S., by demonstrating with their trucks in downtown Ottawa, the capital. The effort is reminiscent of U.S. prosecutors going after an Arizona man who left […]
Airlines, travel groups ask Biden administration to drop Covid testing before international flights Via CNBC.com: Airlines and other travel-industry groups asked the Biden administration on Wednesday to drop Covid test requirements for vaccinated passengers before U.S.-bound flights, a bid to invigorate the sluggish recovery in international travel. “Doing so is justified by the pervasiveness of COVID cases in all 50 states, increased immunity and higher vaccination rates as well as […]
