Toddlers are treated like seniors. We know that unvaccinated children are at less risk of severe disease or death than vaccinated seniors: According to an analysis of British data by the Financial Times, a vaccinated 80-year-old has about the same mortality risk as an unvaccinated 50-year-old, and an unvaccinated 30-year-old has a lower risk than…

The Nordic country’s controversial decision to keep most schools open has been proven correct. In March 2020, as countries around the world shuttered their schools, Sweden chose to keep schools open with compulsory attendance for children under 16. There were a variety of reasons for the decision: “It is not possible to just close schools without knowing where the children are going — for…

It’s happened in Washington and New York. The United States remains one of the only countries in the Americas and Europe to still require pre-departure testing of all inbound air travelers. Even Australia has ended pre-departure testing! Much to the chagrin of the travel industry, the Biden administration has shown no interest in lifting the expensive and…

Norway has had a pretty good pandemic — a low per capita death toll and minimal socio-economic disruption compared to other European countries — but what has gone largely unnoticed outside the country was a strong determination to shield children from the negative effects of pandemic restrictions. …

It was a pretty big deal. Yesterday, Norway’s Corona Commission published their final report on the country’s pandemic response. An English-language Norwegian Web site covered the event and noted that the lengthy government report found “authorities failed to do enough to protect children from some of the effects of restrictions, despite this being a government objective.” …

Biden’s presidential campaign fear-mongered about school safety and then, once in office, he ignored high schools with catastrophic consequences for teenagers. There’s a White House discourse emerging that one of President Joe Biden’s early successes was reopening schools. The tweet below was retweeted by White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain. And Klain himself has frequently boasted of Biden’s efforts to reopen schools.

No, the mask mandates and remote options should not return. With Covid cases rising again in the United Kingdom and European Union — and some officials even floating a potential return to mandatory masking — it’s inevitable that we will see yet another wave in the United States as well. When this happens, we need to be careful not to…

Commission declares “right balance was struck” Sweden’s Coronavirus Commission — established in June 2020 to assess the government’s pandemic response — has declared that the government was correct to keep primary and lower secondary schools open throughout the pandemic and guarantee students access to important teaching. “Preschools and compulsory (primary and lower secondary) schools have been…

Highly vaccinated U.S. states should look to Norway for inspiration. This morning, Norway ended almost all pandemic restrictions: “The one-metre rule is abolished” “The requirement to wear face masks is abolished” “Only adults with symptoms are now advised to get tested for Covid-19” “The requirement to self-isolate has been downgraded to a recommendation that infected adults stay at home for…