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Fauci Failure to Acknowledge Limited Vaccine Protection Undermines Faith in Government Advice

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Fauci Failure to Acknowledge Limited Vaccine Protection Undermines Faith in Government Advice

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 02/10/2023

In a recent article Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged that, from the beginning of the pandemic, there was good reason to believe that vaccines against…

Healthcare

Omnibus Bill Throws More Money at CDC, Does Not Reform It

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Omnibus Bill Throws More Money at CDC, Does Not Reform It

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 12/23/2022

Congress has passed the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The 4,155-page legislation, which covers everything from agriculture to veterans, includes a section…

Healthcare

One Year on, FDA Sodium Guidance Still Wanting

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One Year on, FDA Sodium Guidance Still Wanting

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 10/17/2022

It is the one year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Guidance for Industry setting out goals to reduce sodium content in…

Healthcare

Supreme Court Reins in the Administrative State in West Virginia v. EPA

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Supreme Court Reins in the Administrative State in West Virginia v. EPA

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 06/30/2022

The Supreme Court’s decision today in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency is an important brake on the administrative state that has inexorably grown…

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New Inflation Numbers Show Folly of Price Controls

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New Inflation Numbers Show Folly of Price Controls

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/12/2022

Today’s release of inflation numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms that the loudest voices in favor of price controls are usually the…

Deregulation

Affordable Care Act Anniversary Gives Little Reason to Celebrate

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Affordable Care Act Anniversary Gives Little Reason to Celebrate

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/05/2022

President Obama is joining President Biden at the White House to commemorate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. But there is…

Healthcare

Court Enjoins Enforcement of Federal Workforce Vaccine Mandate

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Court Enjoins Enforcement of Federal Workforce Vaccine Mandate

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 01/21/2022

The Biden administration has promulgated four COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Two were issued via administration regulations and were recently reviewed by the Supreme Court. For…

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments over Vaccine Mandates

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments over Vaccine Mandates

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 01/07/2022

Today the Supreme Court heard over three hours of oral arguments on two of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In the first case,…

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Rush to Pass Reconciliation Bill Would Embarrass Sausage Makers

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Rush to Pass Reconciliation Bill Would Embarrass Sausage Makers

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 11/05/2021

There is an old saying, generally misattributed to Otto von Bismarck, that “Laws are like sausages—it is best not to see them being made.” Today,…

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Only Reconciliation “Emergency” Is the Rush to Spend Trillions

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Only Reconciliation “Emergency” Is the Rush to Spend Trillions

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 10/28/2021

Earlier today, the House Committee on Rules released a revised version of the Build Back Better Act (H.R 5376), now priced at bargain low…

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More Evidence that the Biden Administration Is Not Following the Science

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More Evidence that the Biden Administration Is Not Following the Science

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 09/17/2021

In a rebuke to the Biden administration’s announcement that it would be rolling out COVID-19 booster shots for adults during the week of September…

Healthcare

Landlords Deserve Protection Too

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Landlords Deserve Protection Too

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 08/27/2021

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s nationwide eviction moratorium. While most…

Property Rights

End Useless Vaccination of the Immune

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End Useless Vaccination of the Immune

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 07/01/2021

Six months ago, as the first vaccines were becoming available, I wrote, “Why Are We Vaccinating People Who Have Recovered From COVID-19?” Now that…

Healthcare

The CDC Finally Does the Obvious

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The CDC Finally Does the Obvious

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 05/13/2021

Calling Captain Obvious. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now stated what has been clear to anyone following the scientific literature for…

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CDC Says It Is Safe for Vaccinated People to Unmask Outdoors

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CDC Says It Is Safe for Vaccinated People to Unmask Outdoors

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/28/2021

After much anticipation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has finally relaxed its guidelines on mask wearing—people who have been vaccinated need…

Health and Safety

More Good News on the Road to Ending the Pandemic

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More Good News on the Road to Ending the Pandemic

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/01/2021

A new study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which shows that a single dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna…

Healthcare

Employers Will Pay Workers to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine

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Employers Will Pay Workers to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 01/14/2021

The federal government, through Operation Warp speed, helped develop and bring to market vaccines against the new disease COVID-19 in less than a year, an…

Healthcare

COVID-19 Vaccine Development Is Testament to the Market’s Ability to Develop Life-Saving New Products

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COVID-19 Vaccine Development Is Testament to the Market’s Ability to Develop Life-Saving New Products

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 11/17/2020

The announcement by drug maker Moderna that preliminary data from its still ongoing trial shows its COVID-19 vaccine is 95 percent effective is extremely encouraging.

Healthcare

New CEI Report: Making Sure a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Used

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New CEI Report: Making Sure a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Used

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 10/15/2020

One or more COVID-19 vaccines will likely be approved in the next few months. But this scientific achievement may prove to be the easy part.

Business and Government

A New Approach to COVID-19 Response

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A New Approach to COVID-19 Response

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 05/14/2020

The new coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19—is here to stay until either a vaccine or herd immunity limits the number of people susceptible to…

Health and Safety

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