Four Queensland construction unions have announced they will fight any laws making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory on building sites.
CFMEU, ETU, AMWU and PPTEU have released a joint statement warning that such laws would remove the rights of workers to make “informed personal choices”.
Queensland construction unions will fight any laws making […]
Two members of the Victorian State Parliament, David Limbrick and Tim Quilty of the Liberal Democrats are both currently sitting on portable deck chairs on the steps of Parliament House. They want to bring attention to the harsh restrictions imposed on children in Victoria through lockdowns, in particular the closure of parks and playgrounds.
Earlier […]
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Louisiana medical school from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of attendance for the fall semester.
The lawsuit was brought by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on behalf of three students at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic […]
Current data does not indicate that COVID-19 booster shots are needed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, adding that the most vulnerable people worldwide should be fully vaccinated before high-income countries deploy a top-up.
The comments came just […]
The government hoped to use a Covid passport to control entry to hotels and other venues across Andalucia, although the Supreme Court ruled that the proposed rule “does not pass the proportionality test” and that it shows a “justification deficit.”
This ruling means that the citizens of Andalucia will not […]
A Health Impact News reader from Brazil has alerted us to official media reports stating that during a 5-month period, over 32,000 people in Brazil have died following a COVID-19 injection.
Currently in Brazil, the following vaccines are authorized for use: AstraZeneca/Oxford, Pfizer/BioNTech, Coronavac (also called Sinovac), J&J/Janssen, and Butanvac.
But even these […]
Elderly residents at Australia’s worst single-site outbreak, St Basil’s Home for the Aged, were dehydrated and “starving” after the entire workforce was stood down last year, a court has heard.
The Coroners Court of Victoria will investigate the circumstances of 50 deaths from Covid-19 at the […]
The Intensive Care Unit of the National University Hospital of Iceland (Landspitali) is being strained by the recent increase in Covid-19 cases. Mbl.is reports that currently 30 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, thereof 7 in intensive care and 23 in the Emergency Department. Of the Covid-19 patients […]
What is clear is that “breakthrough” cases are not the rare events the term implies. As of 15 August, 514 Israelis were hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19, a 31% increase from just 4 days earlier. Of the 514, 59% were fully vaccinated. Of the vaccinated, 87% were 60 […]
An economics professor is arguing the effects of lockdown cannot be ignored as the pandemic rages on.
Professor Gigi Foster told Ben Fordham people are dying from other illnesses and are feeling the mental impact of lockdowns.
“It has become extremely unacceptable, socially, to focus on something other […]
