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How the CDC Abandoned Science Mass youth hospitalizations, COVID-induced diabetes, and other myths from the brave new world of science as political propaganda BY VINAY PRASAD T he main federal agency guiding America’s pandemic policy is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which sets widely adopted policies on masking, vaccination, distancing, and other mitigation efforts to slow the spread of COVID and ensure the virus is less morbid when it leads to infection. The CDC is, in part, a scientific agency—they use facts and principles of science to guide policy—but they are also fundamentally a political agency: The director is appointed by the president of the United States, and the CDC’s guidance often balances public health and welfare with other priorities of the executive branch. Throughout this pandemic, the CDC has been a poor steward of that balance, pushing a series of scientific results that are severely deficient. This research is plagued with classic errors and biases, and do

We Leave When We Are Free News from the Bouncy Castle Revolution Heather Heying Energy and passion are high in Canada these last few weeks. What is happening in Ottawa, in Coutts, and at the Ambassador Bridge, are all giving me hope. I have been watching  Viva Frei’s livestreams , and also  Ottawalks , and  Aron Dueck  at the Ambassador Bridge, among others.  Rebel News  also has very good people on the ground, who are making frequent reports. Watch the interviews, hour after hour after hour, of good people who have shown up in the bitter cold to take a stand, for their freedom, and for all of ours. And then try to conclude that the legacy media is telling you the truth. That said, there have been a few disappointing moves this week: Trudeau invoked the  Emergencies Act  on February 14, to deal with the Freedom Convoy. Linda Blade  wrote about it here  yesterday. The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) have admitted to  sabotaging privately owned excavators , which were sitting on pri