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Missoula Health Board Cancels Emergency Meeting, Ends Illegal Orders, Says “Rescinding” Just Happened to be “simultaneous” to HB 257 Signing
May 10, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Health
The Missoula County Board of Health called an emergency meeting last Friday after Governor Greg Gianforte signed HB 257 into law, rebuking the health officers authority and retroactively ending illegal health orders against businesses to mask their customers. The meeting, scheduled for 12:30 today, was cancelled when Julie Mohr, Health Department Support Administrator, came onto…
UPDATE: Missoula Health Board to Meet to “Rescind” Already Invalidated COVID-19 Restrictions
May 10, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Health
UPDATE (05/23/2021): Health Board cancelled meeting, rescinded illegal orders. Said signing of HB 257 just happened to be “simultaneous”. After the Missoula County Board of Health was rebuked by the Montana Legislature and Governor Greg Gianforte on Friday, the Board of Health is holding a public meeting at noon today to “rescind” their illegal rules.…
Missoula Mask Mandate Ends: Health Board Rebuked By State Legislature
May 8, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Health, Politics
Governor Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 257 on Friday invalidating city and county mask mandates and capacity restrictions created by health officers and city leaders in the City of Whitefish, Missoula County, and Gallatin County. Introduced by Jedediah Hinkle (R) of Gallatin County, HB257 amends state code to limit the authority of local health officers…
PUBLIC MEETING: Missoula Health Board Reviewing COVID-19 Restrictions February 18
Feb 16, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Events
With Governor Gianforte rescinding the state of emergency related to SARS-CoV-2 last Friday, Missoula County will be one of only a few counties left in Montana still masking its population to stop the spread of the virus. Yellowstone County ended their mandate and COVID-19-related restrictions on January 9th. The Missoula City-County Board of Health, currently…
Missoula Health Board Admits Not Knowing If SARS-CoV-2 Tests Are Accurate
Feb 10, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response
In an email signed by Missoula County Board of Health and County Commissioner Chair Josh Slotnick, he and county commissioners Dave Strohmaier and Juanita Vero admitted that the county and the health department do not have information about the cycle threshold values of positive SARS-CoV-2 tests results accepted and reported by their agencies. The cycle…
Montana Mask Lawsuit Organizers: “This all ends when we say NO”
Feb 3, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response
Stand Up Montana, the organizers of the lawsuit against former Governor Steve Bullock and the Department of Public Health and Human Services, recently expanded their litigation to include Missoula City-County Board of Health and Health Director Ellen Leahy. Citing a lack of action on the part of Governor Greg Gianforte to end the mask mandate…
Surgeon Debunks Mask Myths: “Mask wearing sounds good, but doesn’t work at all.”
Feb 3, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Video
Getting to the truth about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and parsing the efficacy of the response to the virus has been a challenge. Social media companies, national media, and even local media have ignored, silenced, “fact-checked,” or have acted as gatekeepers for the acceptable discourse concerning the virus. To break through this media…
LISTEN: Leftist David Harvey: “Science and Authority” COVID-19 Response Has Failed
Feb 2, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response
Health authorities claim to want to “follow the science” when it comes to their response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19, the disease the virus causes. Yet they are unable to review science that points to the virus being no deadlier than the flu for the vast majority of the population nor are they able…
WHOs right? Dr. Fauci Says Two Masks Are Better Than One, WHO Says Masking Doesn’t Work
Jan 27, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Politics
“If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective,” Fauci said on the “Today” show. Fauci did not cite any specific study that points to two masks working better than one to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In fact, the…
Missoula Food Bank Director to Lolo Community Center: Join Mask Lawsuit? No Food for Lolo.
Jan 27, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Events, Health
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center Executive Director, Aaron Brock, seemingly threatened Lolo Community Center with disassociation last night. The community center recently joined a lawsuit against Missoula City-County Board of Health and Health Director Ellen Leahy for the agency’s COVID-19 response. The Lolo Community Center board was set to vote last night on its…
VIDEO: Ireland House Testimony Admits COVID-19 Death Counts Misleading
Jan 26, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in COVID-19 Response, Culture, Video
In a video of the Special Committee of the Ireland House on the COVID-19 Response, legislators are questioning the methodology of how COVID-19 deaths are being counted. During testimony, health officials admit over and over again that people who test positive with COVID-19, but die of other causes like heart attacks, car crashes, suicide, etc.…
Documentary: The Great Awakening
Jan 26, 2021
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by
Roy McKenzie
in Culture
Trump is standing in the way of The Great Reset. This is a riveting, fast-paced, and emotional documentary covering events from the last four years. The documentary depicts President Donald Trump bringing corrupt leaders from around the world to heel. Leaders in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, The Queen, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and other…