Day: March 31, 2021
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Former FDA chief says social distancing not based on clear science
In this news report published by the Epoch Times last March 21, 2021, writer Jack Phillips quotes former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb who says that social distancing mandates imposed to control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 was not based on science. According to Gottlieb, “This six-foot distancing requirement has probably been the…
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Philippine authorities to do house-to-house search for people with COVID-19 symptoms
As the country’s capital has reverted back to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), presidential spokesperson revealed that health care workers will now do a house-to-house search to find suspect cases, trace contacts, and isolate them. This article written by Gaea Katreena Cabico and published by the Philippine Star on March 29, 2021 covers the details of…
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Switzerland to hold vote on covid-19 lockdowns
Should the Swiss government be allowed to impose lockdowns and other rights-curtailing measures in order to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2? According to the campaign group, Friends of the Constitution (FC), they shouldn’t. The article attached below is the text of the petition written by the campaigner which was submitted to Switzerland’s Federal Chancellory last…
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Doctor responds to PMA memo: Can we not do our share as physicians to do everything possible to save every life we can?
This article features two documents. The first is the Memorandum Circular No. 2021-03-27-054 from the Philippine Medical Association which reminded doctors to only prescribed medicines duly approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Though the memo did not mention any specific drug, it was clear that this was referring to Ivermectin as the document…
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Judge orders hospital to use Ivermectin COVID patient, 80-year old woman recovers
The following news was reported by Dan Herbeck at The Buffalo News last January 29, 2021. Judith Smentkiewicz, an 80-year old woman, contracted COVID-19 and was “on a ventilator, literally on her death bed” and had a 20% chance of survival. The doctors at the hospital also told the family that Smentkiewicz will be on…
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Rapid antigen test now used as confirmatory test
In this March 30, 2021 report for PTV News, writer Daniel Manalastas covers the House Hearing featuring Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. In the hearing, Vergeire said that due to the continued spike in COVID cases in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) will now count rapid antigen tests as confirmatory tests. Previously, all…
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World Bank: Philippines’ reliance on prolonged lockdowns caused economic deterioration
In this March 27, 2021 article for The Philippine Star, Louise Maureen Simeon covers a recent report released by the World Bank (WB). In the WB report, the authors remarked, “The Philippines relied more on prolonged restrictions on mobility rather than effective test-based strategy…countries with greater quarterly growth contraction in 2020 had higher infection rates,…
