COVID-19 – Sightseers' Delight

State AGs investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s COVID-19 response

February 5, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

A coalition of state attorneys general is investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic response and demanding accountability for what they say is alleged mismanagement, misleading statements and suppression of scientific debate.

Biden gives last-minute pardon to Fauci

January 20, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

Outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned the controversial former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Committee: COVID-19 likely likely emerged from Wuhan lab

December 4, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded that COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

ODH Director Confirms COVID-19 Variant BA.2.86 Case in Ohio in Weekly Case Update

August 31, 2023 Official News Releases

Director: No evidence this variant is causing any more severe illness

A sign at Glover Park in Marietta, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2020, urges visitors to wear masks and practice social distancing.

Georgia businesses needed PPP loans, but fraud rampant in federal program

February 20, 2023 Todd DeFeo

While business leaders say the Paycheck Protection Program was invaluable to businesses struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s now clear the initiative was ripe for fraud.

A look at passenger numbers by airport for calendar year 2021

August 27, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

Now that travel has returned, here’s a look at passenger numbers by airport for calendar year 2021 compared to calendar year 2020.

Airline CEOs ask Biden to lift mask mandate

March 24, 2022 Casey Harper | The Center Square

A group of 10 major airlines are now calling on President Joe Biden to lift the federal transit mask mandate, one of the last remaining mask mandates in the country.

Groups call for an end to pre-departure testing requirement to enter the United States

February 3, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

Aviation, travel and tourism associations want the United States government to eliminate the pre-departure testing requirement for fully vaccinated air travelers flying to the country.

Travel News & Notes for Wednesday, January 26, 2022

January 26, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

Here is a look at some of the travel-related headlines for Wednesday, January 26, 2022.

IATA to governments: Relax COVID restrictions

January 25, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants governments to accelerate the relaxation of travel restrictions as COVID-19 moves from the pandemic to the endemic stage.