Expert panel recommends reopening of schools for young children and children with special needs
A new report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recommends that younger children and those with special...
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Study: People who cross-check claims of mainstream media on COVID-19 get branded as “conspiracy theorists“
A newly published study from Cambridge University shows that people who mainly use social media for news tend to believe...
What does the WHO say about masking?
The following is a Q&A about masks and COVID-19 taken directly from the WHO website. It discusses the WHO’s stand...
Mandatory masking interferes with personal autonomy
The imposition of province-wide masking for indoor spaces interferes with personal autonomy. This is the position set out by the Justice...
The return of plastic
Before the pandemic, the call for eradicating plastic was resounding. But the pandemic has brought with it the resurgence of...
Immune systems of recovered COVID-19 patients recognize SARS-COV-2
This May 15, 2020 article published by Science Daily summarizes the findings of a study conducted by the La Jolla Institute for...
Johan Giesecke: Why lockdowns are the wrong approach
In this May 17, 2020 interview with RNZ, Johan Giesecke, physician and professor emeritus at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, offers...
Why are some populations more affected by COVID-19 than others?
This June 7, 2020 article for The Guardian looks at the various possible reasons why COVID-19 has devastated some populations more than...
Low COVID-19 mortality associated with high consumption of fermented vegetables
In a new research led by Jean Bousquet, they found that European countries that had a high consumption of fermented...
New variant of SARS-COV-2 does not make patients sicker
The new SARS-COV-2 variant may be more infectious, but it is not any more deadly than the original. In every...