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A negative coronavirus test doesn’t always mean you are not infected/ WaPo
Various interviewees estimated the that the coronavirus tests they are familiar with are 75%, 85% or 100% accurate: Demetre Daskalakis, deputy commissioner for the division of disease control of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said he recently told a patient with mild symptoms who sought a test and received a negative result…
Anonymous sources are increasing in news stories, along with rather curious explanations/ Washington Post
Anonymous sourcing is far too common in major media. Usually, when unsourced comments appear in articles about controversial subjects to do with government, the source is providing officially sanctioned disinformation, imho. As a way in to this issue, the WP is talking about the cockamamie excuses that sources have given for refusing to allow publication…
USG gives contract to anthrax vaccine manufacturer to develop an Ebola drug/ Bloomberg
Recall that the current anthrax vaccine manufacturer has never developed and brought to market a single drug. The anthrax vaccine was developed by the US army. The company has purchased other companies, such as Cangene, that do have a few marketable products, though the market for them is small. It is also marketing a nerve gas decontamination skin…
Using New Laws for Swine Flu, Designed for a Much Deadlier Disease, May Create a Perfect Storm
1. The US government is using laws designed for dealing with a very deadly pandemic, or bioterrorism, to bring about a mass vaccination program for swine flu, beginning with the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act 0f 2006. http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/emergency/manmadedisasters/bioterorism/medication-vaccine-qa.html 2. This law removes liability from the manufacturer, medical practitioners who use the product, and from…
The Testing Mess
I have not written much about testing since the early days of this crisis, because there is almost no reliable information. The Infectious Diseases Society of America issued recommendations about testing two days ago, yet the authors admit that their advice is almost evidence-free. So, this is all I can say reliably at this time. 1. A fabulous…
XKeyscore/ The Intercept
What information exactly does the NSA (and its Five Eyes partners) have access to? At least as much as noted below. How long is the information stored? Maybe that is a function of the storage available, which we know is increasing rapidly. From The Intercept: One of the National Security Agency’s most powerful tools of…