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At least 9 European countries halt the Astra-Zeneca Oxford vaccine
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The Revolving Door: All 3 FDA-authorized COVID shot companies now employ former FDA commissioners
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Potential vaccine recipients are very fortunate that Sheryl Gay Stolberg is still on this beat at the NY Times, after twenty years. Emergent BioSolutions is a biodefense boondoggle barely pretending to be a pharmaceutical firm. No one in their right mind would want to be injected with one of their products. A friend reminded me…
Omicron booster fails to benefit primates/NIAID and STAT
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