Entries by RI Center for Freedom

The Scientific Truth About Mask Mandates

Fourteen Randomized, Controlled Trials of Community Masking, Published 2008 to 2021, Are Uniformly Negative, and Underscore the Punitive, Anti-Scientific Futility of Public Mask Mandates By Dr. Andrew Bostom Background In August of 2021, the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Health implemented a school mask mandate which will extend at least […]

Center’s Chairman Files Federal Lawsuit to Overturn State of RI Ban on Caring for His Patients

Cranston, RI – Dr. Stephen Skoly and his legal team today filed a lawsuit in federal court against defendants Governor Daniel McKee and Nicole Alexander-Scott, the outgoing Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), seeking an order to enjoin the State from barring him from caring for his patients as well as a restraining order that would immediately restore his right to continue his practice.

Ashish Jha’s Improper Comparison of Pediatric Polio and Covid-19 Vaccinations

by Andrew Bostom, M.D., M.S., and Michelle Cretella, M.D. Within 10 days of the 11/2/21 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) interim recommendation for use of Pfizer’s covid-19 mRNA vaccine in children aged 5-11 years old, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Dr. Ashish Jha claimed in an 11/11/21 Washington Post oped. […]

DLT Joins RI DOH in Persecution of Doc Skoly

DLT Denies Unemployment Benefits Under Pressure from DOH Governor and General Assembly Silent as Targeted Abuse Continues Cranston, RI – In a shocking example of coordinated government abuse, the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training (DLT) has apparently caved under pressure from the Department of Health (DOH) to deny benefits to Dr. Stephen Skoly, […]

General Assembly to Blame for Children Suffering Irreparable Harm?

Southwell v. McKee Court Ruling Puts Onus on Lawmakers While Children Suffer, General Assembly Does Nothing Parents Demand House Speaker & Senate President Engage Cranston, RI – “The court finds children are suffering … irreparable harm … physical and emotional … with potential long-term medical problems … with the mask mandate.” These were just some […]

Doc Skoly’s Banishment Goes National

Patients at RI DOH Facilities Suffering From Lack of Care Providence, RI – In an exclusive national interview published today by The Daily Signal, the news operation of the prestigious Heritage Foundation, a prominent Rhode Island surgeon tells his story about how the state’s Department of Health (RI DOH) has unfairly shut down his vital […]

Policy Brief: Natural Immunity Should be Included as a Vaccine Exemption

Executive Summary: Analysis of state and international research data, as performed by Dr. Andrew Bostom, along with historical norms, support the conclusion that “natural immunity” should be allowed as a “contraindication to vaccination”, or exemption, to mandated vaccinations. Bostom, an adjunct medical scholar to the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity and a Brown University […]