By John Hood Raleigh, NC – When the news broke on January 3 that one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Cumberland County, was considering a shift to virtual instruction in response to rising case counts of the Omicron variant,…
By Mia Munn Pittsboro, NC – Many school boards in North Carolina have already voted to make masks for kids optional in 2021-22 school year. I ask that you do the same, and make this school year as normal as…
By Jessica Winger Pittsboro, NC – With school starting next month, it is unclear if school children in the state of North Carolina will be required to wear masks for the ’21-’22 school year. The current guidance in the NCDHHS…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – The N.C. House k-12 Education Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would allow the local education authority of each school system to set their own classroom mask policies, rather than allowing it to…
By Kevin Roche Thanks to Youyang Gu on Twitter. As I have said, better to use mask wearing behavior than mask mandates, although there likely is a correlation between the two. Pretty clear the COVID-19 virus doesn’t care about masks…
By Kevin Roche It should be obvious to anyone who looks at charts of cases and levels of mask wearing or presence of mask mandates that virus collection devices do nothing to limit community spread of CV-19, absolutely nothing. But…
By Kevin Roche This is my very least favored topic. But I keep reporting on stuff relating to it because we keep hearing garbage that has nothing to do with science or data and everything to do with emotion and…
By Kevin Roche A few observations, not much ranting, so rated CV-OE (okay for everyone). First, I am going to give you a little information about the blog and its reception. This was a sleepy little health research, policy and…
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina’s 17-day, in-person early voting period began on Thursday, October 15, and ends Saturday, October 31. The State Board of Elections offers the following 10 tips for early voters: Voters may cast a ballot at any…
By Kevin Roche We are all prone to a variety of thinking biases, including looking only for evidence that supports our pre-conceived notions. This is particularly the case among those who are trying to convince us all that coronavirus is…