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Just like the COVID vaccines, use of masks (instead of respirators) to block transmission of a virus was only authorized as experimental use. As such, according to law, it must be optional. If we are going to passively allow governors and governments to make this medical device mandatory, what is to stop them from making the vaccine mandatory?As I've mentioned before, both the FDA and OSHA have made it clear over the years that only respirators, not masks, are considered valid PPE to block transmission of a respiratory virus. Which is why mask manufacturers must continue to place a disclaimer...

November 22, 2011MINITER & MINITER: Optional government Innovative idea has sprung to life this presidential season By Brendan Miniter and Paulette Miniter Given the opportunity, what many Americans seem to want from Washington right now is an opt-out clause. From the prospect of coming tax increases to pay for a profligate federal government to a mandate to buy health insurance, we can see in approval ratings and the sustained support for the Tea Party movement that policies rolling off of Capitol Hill have been roiling voters who would rather just be left alone. So it’s interesting that a key idea...

The more we learn about this business of Meg Whitman, Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, supposedly hiring an undocumented worker as a domestic the more we have to ask ourselves, how on earth did Gloria Allred ever become known as a hotshot attorney? The letter from the Social Security Administration that Allred cites as damning proof of Whitman’s wrongdoing does no such thing. Read for yourself: "This letter does not imply that you or your employee intentionally provided incorrect information about the employee’s name or SSN. It is not a basis, in and of itself, for you to take any...