Liberty
Fauci Leaves His Federal Agency Broken
John Hopkins Medical School Professor Marty Makary writes for Newsweek about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s dubious legacy. After 54 years at the NIH, tomorrow marks Dr. Anthony Fauci’s last day in…
Randomized controlled trial
experimental method designed to reduce bias, typically accomplished by randomly allocating subjects to two or more groups, with one being a control group
Regulation
Why mask orders were wrong and must never return
The governor continued to say that “science and data” backed his orders. I went through all 23 of his citations looking for findings strong enough to justify such an extreme…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Comprehensive Review of RCTs Shows — Again — Masks Don’t Work
Prior to Spring 2020, established research had demonstrated using randomized control trials (RCTs, the research gold standard) that face masks don't prevent infection from respiratory viruses. Since then, however, politicized…
Research Brief
Education
To mask, or not to mask, that is the question
North Carolina is one of only ten states that continue to schoolchildren to all be masked. Elected officials want mask policies to be in the hands of local communities and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending July 12
Over 99.9% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and an estimated 73.7% of adult North Carolinians are immune.
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 10
A finding of no protection cannot be the basis of an extreme emergency order. Furthermore, changing the culture is no business of an extreme emergency order.
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 7
This study specifically cautions against some aspects of mask-wearing inherent in the extents of Cooper's orders.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 3
Click for Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. To recap: The Cooper administration sent a list of 22 studies, all published this year, containing what they state is…
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 2
This study outright states that "The evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks as a protective measure against COVID-19."
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 2
The question is this: Does this research offer a slam-dunk case justifying Cooper's extreme emergency orders? This series will examine and discuss each study provided by the Cooper administration and…
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: The first day
This series on the Locker Room will feature a different sampling from Cooper's research each day until all have been discussed. It'll examine and discuss each study, asking whether it…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 1
The question is this: Does this research offer a slam-dunk case justifying Cooper's extreme emergency orders? This series will examine and discuss each study provided by the Cooper administration and…