Category: Policy

20 Million Doses Of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Headed To Spain In Early 2021

Early data from the vaccine’s clinical trial shows it could be 90% effective at preventing the disease.

David Bossie, Head Of Trump’s Election Challenge Effort, Tests Positive For Covid-19

He is the latest President Trump insider to test positive.

Trump Allies Are Rushing To Falsely Claim Government Credit For Pfizer Vaccine Success

Trump’s Operation Warp Speed didn’t fund the Pfizer drug, though the government did agree to buy the vaccine.

Ivanka Trump Falsely Gives Credit To Government For Pfizer Vaccine Success

Trump praised Pfizer’s partnership with Operation Warp Speed, despite the government scheme only agreeing to buy the vaccine, while it has not funded the vaccine’s development.

Ben Carson Positive For Covid-19 Days After Attending Trump Election Night Party

He is the latest in President Trump’s orbit to test positive.

Portugal, Hungary Latest European Countries To Institute Restrictions As Covid-19 Cases Spike

Both countries saw a record number of new coronavirus cases and deaths last week.

Mask Mandate Hits Utah As Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over ‘Alarming’ Covid-19 Surge

Further restrictions prohibiting school extracurricular activities and limiting social gatherings to people in the same household will also be put in place.

Biden His Time On Health Care?

It’s all but certain Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States. Down the ballot, though, Democrats didn’t fare as well. A Democratic president, a narrowly Democratic House, and a Republican Senate are a recipe for gridlock. That means B…

The medical community harms patients when they fail to engage in political advocacy

Primum non nocere, or “first, do no harm,” is a fundamental principle in the practice of medicine. Physicians vow to do as much when taking the Hippocratic Oath on their first day of medical school. But where does the buck stop?  I posit that we in the…

Should drug use be decriminalized?

During the final presidential debate, Joe Biden said that “no one should be going to jail for a drug problem, they should be going to rehabilitation,” effectively suggesting that substance use be decriminalized in the US. The war on drugs Since Preside…