Lockdowners still unwilling to recognize harms they brought to youth
Is it possible that despite the mounting evidence against them, some lockdown enthusiasts are still unwilling to let go of failed COVID-19 “mitigation” policies? When the federal Centers for Disease […]
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Irrational pandemic policies are harming children’s health
There has been no shortage of research into the risk factors that contribute to contacting SARS-CoV-2, and to sever COVID-19 illness from infection, since the world learned of a novel […]
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Lockdowns devastated the poor, not the virus
A new Harvard analysis of various data points throughout the pandemic shows that poor Americans, those earning under $27,000 a year, have suffered the most over the past year and […]
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It’s past time we reopen the US-Canada border
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of Canadians have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, but in order for his government […]
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Mask rules persist for children in Maine schools. Why?
On Monday, May 24, nearly eight months after it was first ordered, Maine Governor Janet Mills lifted the state’s universal face covering mandate. Mills announced the change 10 days prior, […]
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Release: Maine Policy Statement of Lifting of Mask Mandate, Other Pandemic Restrictions
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 24, 2021Contact: Jacob PosikDirector of CommunicationsOffice: 207.321.2550 Maine Policy Statement on Lifting of Mask Mandate,Social Distancing Requirements PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Policy Institute CEO Matthew […]
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Gov. Mills finally relieves Maine businesses of their unwanted duty as COVID police
On Wednesday, Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), announced on a monthly business community video call that the state would be shifting its […]
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In 2020, New Hampshire’s opioid issues got better while Maine’s got worse
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been the subject of numerous studies over the last year attempting to measure the collateral damage of lockdowns […]
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State legislatures should start reining in executive emergency power
This month marks the one-year anniversary of when states and the federal government first declared states of emergency over the spread of COVID-19. Much has changed since then in how […]
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Data from open schools affirm Maine’s are safe to reopen
Over the last week, a central pillar of pandemic-era decision making crumbled. The arbitrary measuring stick for defining whether daily life can be “safe.” Six feet. At first, we were […]
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