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Ridgewood NJ, oh wow, The New York Times finally caught up to reality—only took them five years! You have to hand it to them: their commitment to being spectacularly wrong about COVID is truly impressive.
Continue reading The New York Times Finally Admits They Were Wrong About COVID—Five Years Too Late
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Washington DC, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a key figure in the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, announced on Monday that he plans to accept a preemptive pardon offered by President Joe Biden.
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Ridgewood NJ, a recent court ruling requiring the release of key COVID-19 vaccine trial documents has fueled public skepticism, with a majority of voters believing federal officials may have concealed harmful side effects of the vaccines.
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Ridgewood NJ, a recent Census Bureau report reveals that despite some economic recovery since the pandemic, many Americans are still financially worse off than they were before COVID-19. While headlines may suggest otherwise, real median household income under the Biden administration has yet to reach its 2019 level, leaving working-class families struggling to regain lost ground.
Continue reading New Census Report: American Incomes Still Lag Behind Pre-COVID Levels
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Washington DC, on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top infectious disease official in the U.S., appeared before a House subcommittee to testify about the origins of COVID-19 and the government’s response to the pandemic. This marks Fauci’s first public testimony since he left government service in 2022. His testimony followed two days of closed-door sessions in January.
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WASHINGTON DC, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of social media platform X, called for the arrest and prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday. This demand followed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) admission to Congress that it had funded risky “gain-of-function” research in Wuhan, China, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
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New Brunswick NJ, NJ Senator Declan O’Scanlon commended the decision by Rutgers University to no longer require students, faculty, and staff to be immunized against COVID-19, but criticized the delayed decision.
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Trenton NJ, as part of the transition to routine, commercial access to COVID-19 vaccines, the New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center is closing operations on March 28, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) announced today.
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Trenton NJ, State Senator Joe Pennacchio released his review of the administration’s report of the Covid pandemic and the State’s response. The report commissioned by Governor Murphy was compiled by the Law Firm of Montgomery McCracken at a cost of $9 million to the State’s taxpayers.
Continue reading New Study: Almost Every Government Intervention in Response to COVID Was Wrong
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Ridgewood NJ, a recent study conducted by the University of Cambridge, published in Nature Immunology, has identified iron deficiencies as a significant factor contributing to prolonged recovery from COVID-19, commonly known as long COVID.
Continue reading Scientists Identify Major Contributing Factor in “Long COVID” Cases
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Ridgewood NJ, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the discontinuation of its five-day COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 are no longer mandated to stay at home for a five-day period.
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Ridgewood N J, a comprehensive study involving nearly 100 million vaccinated individuals has reaffirmed previous findings regarding certain adverse effects associated with COVID-19 vaccines, including myocarditis and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Continue reading BREAKING: Study Links COVID Vaccines to Potential Adverse Side Effects
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Ridgewood NJ, the staff of the Ridgewood blog has consistently asserted that the fundamental error in the COVID response was the propagation of widespread panic. This contradicted the established principle that the public health system’s role during a pandemic is to maintain calm and ensure the smooth functioning of society. The alarmist atmosphere created during the response resulted in hundreds of thousands of non-COVID-related excess deaths, extensive economic and social damages, and, most notably, an unparalleled education crisis.
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Ridgewood NJ, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action approving and authorizing for emergency use updated COVID-19 vaccines formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants and to provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death. Today’s actions relate to updated mRNA vaccines for 2023-2024 manufactured by ModernaTX Inc. and Pfizer Inc. Consistent with the totality of the evidence and input from the FDA’s expert advisors, these vaccines have been updated to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5.
Continue reading FDA Approves Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Currently Circulating Variants
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Trenton NJ, file this under its better late than never, following recent changes to federal requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccines, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order (EO) No. 332 to lift the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health care settings in New Jersey.