A former U.S. president recently expressed his opposition to vaccine mandates at a California campaign event. He asserted his intention to withhold funding from California schools that implement vaccine and mask mandates if he is elected president next year. At a separate event in California, he also endorsed a...
Several social media posts are referencing a study to argue that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective in providing protection against the virus. The study, which examined California's prison system, showed that incarcerated people who had received the COVID-19 vaccine had a slightly higher infection rate than those who had...
Numerous online posts are criticizing California's governor for his reflections on how he initially handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the governor faced backlash for implementing mask mandates and strict vaccine requirements, and he now states he would have pursued another course of action. Social media users...
The Huntington Beach City Council in California has voted 4-3 to pursue a ban on universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates within the city. The motion’s proponent argued that previous mask mandates imposed in 2020 and 2021 unnecessarily limited people’s freedoms. The resolution now requests that the city...
The state of Hawaii has seen a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the aftermath of the Maui fires. Health officials believe that the current case count could be at least six times higher due to decreased testing compared to a year ago and the presence of the new variant...
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