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Pro-mask zealots have caused incalculable damage to society over the past two and a half years. It spans from their denial of evidence that masking does not work to forcing toddlers to mask in many parts of the country. But many have assumed that masking would be a temporary intervention, endlessly asking the inevitable question, “Why is it so hard to wear a mask?” Recent news out of UC Berkeley shows exactly why so many people have pointed out how ineffective universal masking has been. Because “experts” have lied to the public about the effectiveness of masks for so long,...

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was “too draconian” and that she would “never impose a lockdown” if she becomes prime minister. Truss, the frontrunner in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, said she questioned the lockdown measures though she was not on the committee making the decisions on the response to COVID-19. Speaking at the penultimate leadership contest hustings, held in Norwich on Aug. 25, she said: “I think when COVID happened we were all hugely shocked. And there was a discussion about what the...

s masks, travel restrictions, and COVID testing fade into the past, one aspect of the pandemic may stick around for quite some time: Vaccines. Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Canadians may soon be required to get a booster shot every nine months for the foreseeable future to protect against new variants of the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to reporters, Duclos said Canadians who got a shot last summer are no longer "up to date," and should now roll up their sleeves for another booster. “The virus evolves and Omicron made us aware we will never be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,”...

I will be heading to Sacramento next Monday to testify at a Senate committee hearing on California Assembly Bill 2098. The bill, sponsored by Senator Pan—who has been in Pharma’s back pocket for years and the source of much legislative health policy mischief in my home state—would give the medical board the authority to punish any physicians who challenge the safety and efficacy of covid vaccines. This bill is advanced even as evidence continues to emerge of safety problems with the mRNA shots, including a study this week showing the vaccines lower sperm counts in men.

An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Vatican City has issued a new set of coins, one of which shows a young person being vaccinated, presumably against COVID-19. The new coin set consists of eight coins that includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person receiving a needle. The coin itself does not say whether the jab given to the young person is for COVID, but the description on a Vatican website states that “The 20 euro silver coin, designed by Chiara Principe, is...

Lawmakers in Germany are reportedly considering instituting mask mandates every year during the winter months, likening the move to requirements for winter tyres on automobiles. A report from the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag has claimed that the Social Democrat-led ‘traffic light’ coalition government is making preparations to pass legislation requiring German citizens to wear masks in public from October to Easter annually to supposedly stem the spread of respiratory diseases such as the Chinese coronavirus.

Former National MP Matt King has been banned from the Parliament precinct for the next two years after being identified as a protester at the anti-mandate occupation earlier this year Letters have been sent out to identified Parliament protesters warning of a $1000 fine or two months in jail if they enter the precinct. 1News was sent a copy of the letter and have confirmed that it has been distributed to who could be identified. This will mean any protesters that occupied Parliament grounds earlier this year can't come to Parliament grounds until after the next election. King told 1News...

People who don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 are putting themselves in danger and also are creating a “disproportionate” threat to the health of vaccinated people, even in places with high vaccination rates, says a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study by University of Toronto researchers used computer modeling based on the province of Ontario to predict infection rates when unvaccinated and vaccinated people mixed to varying degrees. The researchers worked in factors such as vaccine effectiveness, baseline immunity among the unvaccinated, and infection recovery rates. Unvaccinated people were always at a higher risk of infection, the...

"To protect CDC’s public health authority beyond the ongoing assessment announced last week, CDC has asked DOJ to proceed with an appeal in Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., et al., v. Biden, et al. It is CDC’s continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health. CDC will continue to monitor public health conditions to determine whether such an order remains necessary. CDC believes this is a lawful order, well within CDC’s legal authority to protect public health," the statement reads.

NEW ORLEANS -- President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate. The ruling, a rare win for the administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, said that the federal judge didn’t have jurisdiction in the case and those challenging the requirement could have pursued administrative remedies under Civil Service law. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court...

Guest Michael Lewis claimed U.S. less prepared for COVID-19 now than in March 2020Wednesday’s "CBS Mornings" had harsh words for Americans who have chosen to remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus. A panel featuring author and podcast host Michael Lewis discussed what they considered the United States’ struggle with handling COVID-19, noting Lewis previously claimed the U.S. was less prepared than it was in March 2020. "You got to first accept that you failed. When you have 4% of the world’s population and 20% of the deaths, and you have more resources going and more knowledge on how to deal with...

The Department of Homeland Security is at least the 20th federal agency to have created or proposed tracking lists for employees requesting religious accommodations from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.A rule placed in the Federal Register on Friday allows the DHS “to collect and maintain records on employees and applicants for employment” that are seeking certain religious and medical accommodations. A vaccine mandate remains in place for the federal workforce.“This notice also clarifies DHS’s collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of records needed to process, manage, maintain, and resolve reasonable accommodation requests based on a medical condition/disability or a sincerely held religious...

Pontifical institute punishes noted scholar for conscientious objectionROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Pontifical Oriental Institute (POI) in Rome has banished the dean of the faculty of Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences to Brazil for his conscientious objection to the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccine. Father Massimo Pampaloni, S.J., a world-renowned authority on Syriac Christology and a consultor to the Vatican's Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was punished for refusing to take the jab, Church Militant has learned. Pampaloni single-handedly stood against the draconian jab mandates despite pressure from confreres, superiors and the State, while almost every other Jesuit in Rome capitulated to the vaccine narrative,...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -Denmark’s domestic security on Tuesday designated pandemic-linked “antigovernmental extremism” as a menace for the first time ever. The agency, known by its Danish acronym PET, said in its annual assessment that although this type of extremism is not “a significant driving force for the terrorist threat” in the country, it does make the situation “more complex.” PET said the menace which expresses the need to use violence against elected representatives, had appeared in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Hamann, head of PET’s Center for Terror Analysis that analyzes the threat of terrorism against Denmark and Danish...

Mother Marilla went viral last year after sharing she had received 50 prayer requests for people who died after COVID jabs. Now, she is under heat from her own sisters for her stance.LONDON (LifeSiteNews) — A Benedictine Mother General in London who has warned of the dangers of COVID injections was reported to the Vatican after her nuns allegedly complained she encouraged them to refuse the jab. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster confirmed last week to The Sunday Times that it referred complaints about Mother General Marilla, superior at the historic Tyburn Convent, to the Vatican. Her Benedictine sisters...

Covid force to go door to door in Perth this weekend conducting voluntary tests About 875 people expected be tested for virus over the next two weekends Belmont, Bassendean, Claremont and Melville will be targeted by testing blitz WA is just days away from reaching its peak in Omicron cases, premier warns The state recorded 7,151 new cases and one Covid-related death on Thursday A Covid detection force will go door to door in Perth this weekend and conduct random testing amid fears Omicron is lurking undetected in the community. About 875 people are expected be tested over the next...

Pope Francis has removed a Puerto Rican bishop from office over allowing conscientious objections to COVID-19 vaccine shots, some of which were made from the mutilated parts of aborted fetuses.Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres led the Diocese of Arecibo for over ten years, but was asked to abdicate the post because he “had not been obedient to the pope nor had I been in sufficient communion with my brother bishops of Puerto Rico.”On March 9, Pope Francis replaced Torres in the diocese. The Vatican gave no reasoning for their decision. Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Río, bishop emeritus of Mayagüez, replaced him....

In a letter to parishioners of Holy Family Parish in Springfield, Vermont, Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington announced that their pastor is being removed from his position over his continued refusal to be tested regularly for COVID-19 and to wear a mask while ministering, as the bishop had directed. The bishop also noted that he has invited Father Peter Williams to reside with him, so they "can pray, dialogue and worship together to hopefully change the bad opinion he has of me as his bishop." “After an extensive process and much prayer, it is with great sadness that I announce...

From practically the first day that COVID appeared, New Zealand’s government was on the front line of totalitarianism in terms of trying to keep the virus off its shores. The country’s lockdown was total. With every fanatic rule, it was hard to imagine the government topping itself. And yet that’s exactly what the government is doing. The newest initiative is to fine people for refusing COVID tests—and, if they ignore the fine, destroying them financially and imprisoning them in fortress New Zealand. Beginning in March 2020, New Zealand closed its borders to the world and put the country (and its...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.According to an image being shared on social media, a fine of $300 was issued in the first week of January 2022 for Covid testing non-compliance in New Zealand. It violates inalienable rights and freedoms to enforce medical procedures and when courts threaten fundamental rights because of disobedience to diktats it’s an indication the system is not working to...