Four States and the WHO Say NO to Vaccine Passports

Across the world last week, people celebrated Good Friday and Easter, despite disapproval and even risk of punishment from authorities.  Latest polls show Americans’ worry about contracting COVID has dropped to record lows. Free states and lockdown states continue to pursue opposite policies. Kansas lawmakers voted to rescind Governor Laura Kelly’s mask mandate within hours […]

Megan Mansell explains why it’s dangerous for kids to play sports in masks

The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Governor Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, ruling that he exceeded his authority by issuing the order.  Across the nation, Republican governors, lawmakers, business groups, and even some public health officials are pushing back against the idea of vaccine passports. Overseas, France is entering its third national lockdown while a […]

Of all places, the New York Times admits COVID coverage by U.S. national publications has been much more negative than coverage from scientific journals or major international publications. New York became the first state in the U.S. to formally launch a vaccine passport in the name of safely reopening public venues. On the other hand, […]

@Hold2LLC reviews the WHO and CDC documents that provide guidance on non-pharmaceutical interventions

In Britain and beyond, protesters on the left and right are rebelling against virus restrictions, drawing harsh police responses — and questions about the officers’ legitimacy. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel backed away from her initial plan for an ultra-strict Easter lockdown after intense public backlash. On the other hand, Sweden is finally acknowledged to […]

@boriquagato argues that we need a decentralized public square

As spring break festivities spiraled into violence and chaos over the weekend, Miami Beach declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. In addition, the CDC renewed its recommendation against travel, unnerving businesses trying to recover from the pandemic.  Overseas, France, Germany, Italy, and several other European countries have reimposed national lockdowns. Germany’s lockdown […]

Michael Betrus discusses problems with several CDC studies

CNN acknowledges “Florida is not only back in business—it’s been in business for the better part of the past year. DeSantis’ gamble to take a laissez faire approach appears to be paying off.” The most recent data shows Florida started in-person learning without turning schools into superspreaders and furthermore, schools in the state have maintained […]

On March 18, 2021, Governor DeSantis brought together a host of heavy hitters – deeply knowledgable in their fields – to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on societies. Governor Ron DeSantisSunetra Gupta, epidemiologist and professor of theoretical epidemiology, Oxford University (via Zoom)Scott W. Atlas, MD, Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy […]

Mainstream reporting is catching on to the fact that social restrictions were not all that they were hoped to be. The New York Times recognized “Florida’s death rate is no worse than the national average, and better than that of some other states that imposed more restrictions, despite its large numbers of retirees, young partyers […]

Megan Mansell writes that there are many who do not know how to fight for themselves, and we must muster the strength to push for reason and sanity against all odds.

Holding nothing back, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, said the COVID lockdowns were the “biggest public health mistake we’ve ever made. In a recent speech before Stanford College Republicans, Dr. Scott Atlas warned the coronavirus pandemic exposed profound issues in America that now threaten the very principles of freedom and […]

The national COVID daily case count continues its downward slope. Meanwhile, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has lifted capacity restrictions on state businesses including gyms, restaurants, theaters, water parks, bowling alleys, and bars with dine-in services.  Wyoming will follow suit in lifting its mask mandate and COVID restrictions next week. A WHO team investigating the origins […]

The biggest killer of the 2019-2020 flu season won’t be COVID-19;
it will be irrational fear and the illusion of control.

The New York legislature proceeded to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of COVID emergency powers, following revelations that the governor’s office withheld data about the COVID death toll among nursing home residents in addition to mounting sexual harassment allegations. According to a state attorney general report, Cuomo’s administration underreported the number of COVID deaths among New […]

On Tuesday March 2nd, Texas Independence Day, Governor Greg Abbott ended the state’s mask mandate and declared all businesses can open at full capacity starting next week. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves also followed suit and lifted his state’s mask mandate. Over the weekend, the FDA granted emergency use approval for Johnson and Johnson’s COVID vaccine, […]

A FDA review has confirmed that Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, which only requires a single shot, is safe and effective. Emergency use approval may come as early as this weekend. For six consecutive weeks, the number of new COVID cases globally have fallen despite various policy interventions. Seasonality anyone? In other news: We need […]

New research suggests that for people who previously had COVID, just one dose of the vaccine may be enough to boost their immune systems to provide complete protection against reinfection. COVID cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news, says John Hopkins doctor Marty Makary. Dr. […]

In a recent study, Columbia University and Temple University researchers concluded the enactment of COVID containment policies resulted in a significant and sustained increase in firearm violence in Philadelphia. In other news: Our Jennifer Cabrera says Florida is outperforming lockdown states like California and New York on all metrics. Here’s the summary of all the […]

A survey of approximately 175 of pediatricians mostly agreed that it was safe enough for schools to fully reopen. But it doesn’t appear our politicians and bureaucrats want to listen to these experts when they contradict their message. Meanwhile, mental health professionals are growing increasingly alarmed about the deteriorating mental state of young people. Many […]

Florida’s COVID-19 response has outperformed lockdown states like New York and California

Megan Mansell writes about life in Florida, where neighboring counties have completely different rules

Register Here Our children have now lost thousands of hours of in-class learning. Schools across the rest of the world are open while our kids languish in limbo. Join us for a special webinar to get the tools and tactics you need to take back your school. Join data experts and policy pros to find […]

Cruise ships were the best predictor of the risks of COVID-19, but we ignored the data in favor of models

New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths all dropped this week. Regardless, politicians and bureaucrats have not ceased with the fearmongering. Meanwhile, the CDC has lent its full support for “double-masking.” In other news: Our Emily Burns explains how lockdowns are a form of systemic racism given their disproportionate negative effects on minority communities.  We’ve known […]

Last Friday, the Supreme Court, in South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, issued emergency relief suspending California’s broad ban on indoor religious services. Still, it was a limited ruling. California cannot bar in-person services altogether, but can limit attendance to 25% of capacity. In an interview with FOX News, former Secretary of State Mike […]

Emily Burns examines the data on COVID and ethnicity and argues that lockdowns make race disparities worse

Researchers at Oxford University released new results from their vaccine, which is being manufactured by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, showing it gives 76% protection for three months after just one dose. According to their preliminary findings, the vaccine not only dropped virus transmission by two-thirds, but also improved hospitalization rates and prevented serious disease. While we […]

An extensive list of links to articles and studies on the negative consequences of lockdowns

Michael Osterholm, a top health adviser to President Joe Biden, suggests the new strain of COVID may lead to future lockdowns. In a recent interview, Osterholm warned double-masking would be counterproductive and harmful—a stance that’s the complete opposite of the White House’s main adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Last Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced that its […]

In an interview with “Today,” Dr. Anthony Fauci declared that two masks are better than one when it comes to slowing the spread of COVID-19. (We still don’t know of their effectiveness according to the best evidence to date).  But other experts are finally beginning to recognize deaths tied to alcohol use, drug use and […]

On Monday, Californian officials announced that regional coronavirus stay-at-home orders across the state will be lifted, allowing restaurants to immediately resume outdoor dining. According to a new United Nations report, four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in […]

In one of his first acts as President, Joe Biden signed an executive order, requiring masks on federal property. He’s also challenging all Americans to wear one for the next 100 days. Despite pledges to “follow the science,” the scientific grounding for a national mask mandate is lacking as explained by Phillip Magness.  In other […]

On Monday, President Trump announced he will lift COVID travel restrictions for foreign citizens entering the U.S. from Brazil and most Europe — but the incoming Biden administration says it will leave the ban intact.  As of January 15th, Texas leads the way in the total number of vaccine doses administered. In other news: NPR […]

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Michael Betrus argues that the burden of proof is on lockdown states to prove their policies are more effective than those of non-lockdown states

In New York, unused vaccines go into the garbage as Governor Cuomo’s horrific mismanagement continues. In other news: A recent study shows people who have already contracted coronavirus are as protected against reinfection as those who have received the best COVID vaccine. Drs. Vladimir Kogan and Vinay Prasad make an eloquent case for why public […]

In the latest display of security theater, the U.S. will soon require international airline passengers to prove they recently tested negative for COVID before flying to the country. In other news: Pfizer has reassured the public that its COVID vaccine remains effective against the new mutant strains detected in Britain and South Africa.  Writing in […]

Len Cabrera reviews the pre-COVID views on face masks and the data from states with and without mandates and finds there is no evidence to support mask mandates.

Dr. Andrew Bostom writes that PCR cycle threshold data provides critical information and should be made public by health departments

It’s 2021 and most families across the United States still have no clear path forward for getting their children back into school and routine life. Join medical experts, policy advisors, parents and concerned citizens at this national forum and webinar.

A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals many governments left nursing home residents vulnerable to the COVID pandemic who accounted for over a third of fatalities in some countries. Law enforcement in multiple cities report homicides have dramatically increased in 2020.  In other news: Our Jennifer Cabrera was recently interviewed on the Tom Woods Show. According […]

Todd Kenyon analyzes cycle threshold data from Rhode Island and shows that these distributions can be predictive

Happy New Year! 2020 may have gone in the rearview mirror, but COVID and our politicians are still with us.  Despite having some of the most restrictive policies in the nation, California’s COVID case count, hospitalizations, and deaths are still skyrocketing. In Texas, the state supreme court blocked local orders establishing an overnight curfew for […]

Franca Panettone, a 46-year-old woman with Down Syndrome, died alone from COVID, without access to her healthcare surrogate. How often has this happened over the past 10 months?

The study, conducted by the UF Department of Biostatistics, found that the secondary attack rate for asymptomatic index cases was not statistically different from zero

May Reason Prevail in the New Year Last Friday, the FDA officially issued an emergency use authorization for the Moderna coronavirus vaccine, the second in the U.S. As the vaccine rollout continues, we are seeing more evidence that our response to COVID may be harming more people than the virus itself. In San Francisco, drug […]

Another panel of FDA experts gave their approval for Moderna’s COVID vaccine. Emergency use authorization is expected later today. In other news: According to data from the Census Bureau, more Americans are going hungry than at any point during the COVID pandemic. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Drs. Jay Bhattacharya and Sunetra Gupta say […]

Alex Lieske defends The Great Barrington Declaration against Stephen Archer’s attack

Last Friday, the FDA officially issued an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Over the weekend, Pfizer trucks carrying the vaccine made their way to distribution sites across the United States. On Monday, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse in New York, became the first person in the country to receive the vaccine. […]

On Thursday, a panel of experts gave their endorsement for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The FDA is expected to grant emergency use authorization and vaccination in the U.S. may begin as early as next Monday. Earlier this week, Canada became the third country to officially authorize use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. In other news: A […]

17 new mask charts from Ian Miller!

The United Kingdom started vaccinating its population against covid-19 yesterday, becoming the first country to start distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, less than a week after its approval. In other news: The FDA’s first analysis of the clinical trial data shows that the coronavirus vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer’s race, weight or age. Gallup […]

The United Kingdom has officially approved Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine while the U.S. FDA digs into the data. President Trump asks why the UK is beating us on the vaccine, while Switzerland holds off on approval until more data is released. In other news: More rules for thee but not for me: Austin Mayor Steve Adler […]

It’s time to move forward. Here we offer ten steps to dramatically improve the current situation that we feel both sides of the divide can agree on.

Join us for a webinar on December 3 at 6:30 PT/9:30 ET to talk about 10 steps to end the lockdowns

Right before Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court blocked COVID restrictions on religious services in New York. That’s something we can be very thankful for. On Monday, Moderna submitted an emergency use authorization application to the FDA for its coronavirus vaccine. Moderna’s newly released data further strengthens its case: it concludes the vaccine is 94% effective — […]

Megan Mansell writes that justice under ADA law has been denied to pregnant women, babies, children, and anyone who is unable to wear a mask.

In spite of admonishments from politicians and bureaucrats, millions of Americans plan to travel home to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.   In other news: A third of parents surveyed in a new poll say it is important that they see their families in person during the Thanksgiving holiday this year. A third major Covid-19 vaccine, co-developed […]

Karl Dierenbach uses the example of New Mexico to argue that mitigation efforts are not effective against a virus.

Though it has no official authority to cancel Thanksgiving, the CDC is urging Americans not to travel home for Thanksgiving this year, in the name of the public health and safety of course. As politicians and other bureaucrats issue new rules, it’s likely many Americans will celebrate the holidays with or without their approval. In […]

Another ray of light has emerged on the horizon: Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective. More details are coming soon.  In other news: In a high-profile speech before the Federalist Society, Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito expressed his concerns that the coronavirus pandemic “has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty.” Rules […]

President-elect Joe Biden is already busy putting together members for his new COVID taskforce and it looks like he doesn’t seem receptive to freedom or lessons from the past. Dr. Michael Osterholm, one of his coronavirus advisors, has called another 4-6 week national lockdown. Dr. Osterholm wants an even more draconian second lockdown than the […]

Karl Dierenbach takes a look at the studies the CDC uses to support community-level mask effectiveness.

Megan Mansell breaks down the CDC Scientific Brief on “Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2”

A ray of light has emerged on the horizon: a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE showed in an early analysis to be more than 90% effective in protecting people from COVID-19. We are waiting on further details to be released soon. In other news: On public policy, Jayanta Bhattacharya of Stanford, […]

We had the opportunity to review death certificates for some of Florida’s recent COVID-19 deaths, and we can tell you definitively that Florida is counting deaths that were not directly caused by COVID-19.

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is over… but as of this writing, a winner has not been called. With everything focused on the election, we’ve enjoyed a short panic break from COVID19.  The courts continue to rule against governors who abuse their powers in the name of public health. New research continue to discover the […]

Dr. Andrew Bostom calls for more data transparency in Rhode Island as the governor asks citizens to stay home for Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween… remember as the holiday season arrives, nothing can escape the reach of Rona. It is the instrument to ruin the rest of 2020 and the season that brings us together. Our leaders have assured us if we disobey expect more trouble on the horizon. Lockdown advocates have found their next disobedient target that […]

Happy Halloween… remember social distancing applies to skeletons. We are all in this together! Remarkably, skeptics continue to be vindicated by the evidence on the ground while the MSM acts surprised and claims ignorance. From the Texas Tribune to the New York Times, mainstream media publications are finally “discovering” that allowing children to go to […]

Len Cabrera provides several ways to picture just how much genetic material is created by a PCR test using 40 cycles

Megan Mansell offers a framework for operating any facility or business during COVID.

The “new normal” performs quite terribly in public polling. People don’t enjoy wearing masks, prefer to hug friends and family outside their household, and like those pesky things called civil liberties. In almost every continent, anti-lockdown protests have occurred in response to government overreach and COVID lockdowns. The resistance continues to grow. Even pro-lockdown institutions […]

We are told that we are going to have to accept a “new normal” but what if that “new normal”, is just a slogan for completely restructuring society? Across the world, the “new normal” appears just to be a new blend of  authoritarianism and limiting civil liberties. In the UK, the government plans to give […]

Recently, Rational Ground was invited to speak to a group of activists in the state of Arizona. These concerned parents, teachers and policy makers spent 90 minutes with our team getting the latest info on COVID-19 and learn the latest tactics and strategies on how to get schools back and open. The Powerpoint presented at […]

Colleges are endangering the mental health of students with pandemic restrictions and then bullying them and calling them names when they break the rules.

More mask charts that show the (lack of) correlation between mask mandates and cases or hospitalizations

Kyle Lamb discusses the censorship of Scott Atlas, masks, and the disappearance of the flu compared to last year.

Dr. Andrew Bostom examines the CDC’s guidelines for reporting COVID-19 deaths and how that has affected the Florida death reporting.

After months of the data showing lockdowns have enormous consequences with little gain, politicians continue to push a failed policy with unimaginable social and economic costs. In the UK despite rising cases (with a rise in testing), deaths have remained flat with only a mild increase in hospitalizations, yet strict lockdown measures have been enacted. […]

It is remarkable how supposedly trustworthy, scientific organizations have flipped on key issues after being proved consistently wrong on said issues from Twitter to scientific journals. For example, The World Health Organization (“WHO”) finally realized that lockdowns were not effective as a primary method of stopping COVID-19 and  lockdowns’ severe economic impact (estimated to be almost […]

Megan Mansell writes that conversations about death with dignity and representation are long overdue.

Alex Rodriguez contrasts the public health responses between the 1918 and 2020 pandemics.

After several months of hope that New Yorkers  were starting to leave lockdowns, New York’s leaders decided medieval lockdowns by neighborhood made good sense, specifically targeting Orthodox Jewish communities. New Yorkers rebelled and resisted the new street-by-street lockdowns.  New York is not alone in its lockdown fetish, Israel is under an even more extreme lockdown, […]

If COVID hysteria only meant people were stuck inside for a few weeks, perhaps it would be more understandable. Instead, across the world, it has led to economic and social catastrophe. Years of economic growth and rising social standards in countries like India have been destroyed in a few short months. We have rolled extreme […]

Update as of October 5 on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths at 50 American universities since August

Have you been looking for charts that show the (lack of) correlation between mask mandates and cases or hospitalizations? Your wish is our command!

Big thanks to @BenMarten for his excellent collection and comparison of masks and cases data. We took his data and embedded it here in several sheets. Feel free to play around with the filters on the right and let us know what information you find. The data takes county-level cases and deaths (per 100K population […]

Based on Florida’s case line and long-term care data, we estimate President Trump’s chances of surviving COVID.

An update from the UK: The COVID hysteria unfortunately is not only an American issue, as COVID Karenism has become a major issue in the United Kingdom. Despite the decline in COVID-19 deaths in the UK to near zero and excess deaths less than the past five years, both conservative and liberal political leadership across […]

Dr. Andrew Bostom explains herd immunity concepts that Dr. Fauci might find illuminating.

COVID hysterics want to hide the consequences of their policy, but the truth eventually comes out. You can only hide from reality for so long. A part of living in hysteria is ignoring consequences and blindly marching forward. Take the tragic example of restaurants in Nashville. Restaurants were ordered by fiat to reduce occupancy, yet […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a roundtable on September 24 with professors from Harvard and Stanford. The conversation covered an impressive amount of ground in important COVID topics, and we produced a lightly-edited transcript to make it more accessible.

The news reports continue to blast scandalous headlines about the number of deaths per day here in the United States from COVID-19. Our new interactive tool gives you a very different and more accurate view.