Better Info on H1N1: Cidrap at U. Minnesota
Here is a compendium of very useful info on H1N1, both for clinicians and the public. It appears to be regularly updated. Cidrap has gathered its information from WHO, CDC and other sources.
Women are Inordinately Harmed by Anthrax Vaccine There is consensus regarding the fact that women have 2 to 3 times the rate of adverse reactions as men. Every study that has looked into this issue has found the same thing. The following four studies were done by 3 groups of different military researchers, and the…
From STAT: Life expectancy for Americans born in 2021 is just 76.1 years. That’s the lowest since 1966 and the steepest decline in almost 100 years. It’s astonishing to people who closely follow these data, prompting comparisons to the drop after another pandemic: the Spanish Flu of 1918. “It’s a ridiculous decline,” Bob Anderson, chief…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzuw1ovpCMs&ab_channel=RCTheRapperRCTheRapper RC the Rapper “Just Say No” This young man has very clever lyrics in a series of songs that are political and social commentary. Suddenly I have become a Rap fan. You may become one too. He is the only person I have heard provide sharp, solid social commentary that is easily accessible and…
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/93565 What Evidence Do We Need to Move Forward With COVID Boosters? — More data and an evaluation of several factors at home and abroad are key by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH July 14, 2021 … Boosters Without Data If we accept boosters in the U.S. while the rest of the world remains unvaccinated, and if we authorize…
Here is today’s NY Times’ update on negotiations between Germany and the US on spying; it appears we have not given Germany much besides a promise to leave Angela’s phone alone… Just as European and American negotiators resumed work on a groundbreaking trade accord meant to tie their two continents closer together, René Obermann, the…
The Hypnotized Masses Two book reviews Josh Mitteldorf Jun 26 Listen to the author reading this review The Psychology of Totalitarianism, by Mattias Desmet, Chelsea Green, 2022 The Coronation, by Charles Eisenstein, forthcoming from Chelsea Green July 28 (earlier draft essays available online) In medicine, there is the pathogen and the terrain. Do we get sick when we are…