Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

Declining Enrollment Expected to Add to Higher Education’s Coronavirus Woes

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2020 4 Comments

"88 percent of colleges and universities believe international enrollment will decrease in the next academic year"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Fauci Says Trump No Longer Talks Much to Him or Other Task Force Members

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 02, 2020 36 Comments

Today's update begins with some news that suggests that the response to the coronavirus will no longer be quite so intense.

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Biden Falsely Claims He Called for Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown in January

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 01, 2020 35 Comments

Honestly, you cannot blame presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for saying anything he wants because no one in the MSM will challenge him. Biden told community leaders in Wilmington, DE, that he called for a nationwide lockdown back in January because he knew we were facing a pandemic.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: New Study to Probe Ventilator Use Amid High Coronavirus Death Rate

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 01, 2020 21 Comments

During the initial phase of the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic in this county, there was a significant emphasis on ventilator production and distribution.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: New England Journal of Medicine – Wearing mask outside health care facilities offers little protection

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 31, 2020 47 Comments

Today's update will start with new information related to the touchstone of the latest spate of coronavirus policies: "Wearing masks is critical in reducing spread."

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University of Hartford Announces Plans to Reopen in the Fall

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 31, 2020 1 Comment

"will offer an early drop-off period for resident students to drop off their belongings in mid-August"...

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Student Files Lawsuit Against Brandeis University Over Quality of Online Classes

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 30, 2020 3 Comments

"seeks repayment for tuition, room and board costs, and reimbursement for a spring semester that was “inferior,” according to the complaint"...

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Stanford University Expects Layoffs Despite $27 Billion Dollar Endowment

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 30, 2020 2 Comments

“We don’t yet know the scale of job reductions. We hope they will be limited, but they will be driven by the program needs and budget capacity of individual units."...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Trump axes WHO support in the wake of its China virus deceptions

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 30, 2020 11 Comments

Today's coronavirus update starts with news that President Donald Trump slammed the Chinese Communist Party for its deception on the coronavirus pandemic and its continuing interference with Hong Kong.

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SCOTUS: Roberts Joins Liberals To Reject Injunction in California Religious Discrimination Lockdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2020 86 Comments

The Supreme Court has handed petty tyrants throughout the land license to discriminate against religious groups in ordering pandemic lockdowns and restrictions. From this point forward an argument that had succeeded in many lower courts will hold no sway.

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SCOTUS Denies Emergency Injunction After Illinois Agrees “Religious Gatherings will no Longer be Subject to Mandatory Restrictions”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2020 15 Comments

On May 27, 2020, we noted that two Religious Liberty Lockdown Cases Reach SCOTUS, one from Illinois and one from California. That post has links and excerpts from the respective cases.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: The Walls Are Closing In on Andrew Cuomo

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 29, 2020 23 Comments

New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying so hard to deflect blame away from him after so many elderly people died in nursing homes from the Wuhan coronavirus. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Seema Verma said Cuomo cannot blame Trump for forcing nursing homes to take in coronavirus patients because it goes against federal guidelines.

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Campaign Donation to Andrew Cuomo Reportedly Linked to Immunity for Nursing Homes

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2020 13 Comments

Until now, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has largely escaped media criticism over the thousands of deaths in New York, linked to the policy that required nursing homes to accept patients infected with Coronavirus. That may be about to change.

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Purdue President Mitch Daniels Says Not Opening Campus in Fall ‘Unacceptable’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2020 1 Comment

"Forty-five thousand young people — the biggest student population we’ve ever had — are telling us they want to be here this fall"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Pandemic Lockdown Creates Economic ‘Free Fall’ in California

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 28, 2020 31 Comments

Yesterday's update featured the young and rich fleeing the lockdown-hit metropolis of New York City, leaving it to the cannibal rats. Today's update will start with a look at the dire economic conditions on the West Coat, which is the direct result of the continued lockdown.

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Some Students May be Welcomed Back to Campus by Virus Testing Robots

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2020 0 Comments

"to facilitate on-campus testing of students, instructors, and staff"...

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Another 2.1 Million Americans Filed Unemployment Claims Last Week

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 28, 2020 5 Comments

The number has gone down, but another 2.1 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week. Over 40 million people have filed claims in the last ten weeks.

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Religious Liberty Lockdown Cases Reach SCOTUS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2020 34 Comments

There are at least two cases in which we may get rulings soon from the U.S. Supreme Court on issues of religious liberty in the age of lockdown. Both cases allege that religious groups are being treated more harshly than secular businesses and groups. This type of disparate treatment has been at issue in many lower court cases, but now cases from California and Illinois have emergency motions for injunctive relief submitted to the Supreme Court, with responses due May 28.

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