I broke my right humerus, so posts will be limited for a few weeks

I wrote an Op-Ed for the Portland, Maine Sunday Telegram about my bizarre journey trying to get a prescription filled.  It was published August 7, 2016. Here it is. http://www.pressherald.com/2016/08/07/maine-voices-drug-costs-should-make-you-blink/ ELLSWORTH — Pricing of and access to medication are handled in an insane manner in the United States. It has been said that between 20…

Back in March, I considered COVID-19 an extremely serious threat to all, and wrote detailed guidance on how people could protect themselves, here and here.   While I believe that my advice was prudent given what was known at the time, I now believe the current threat of COVID-19 is being exaggerated by the media and public figures, to…

There are only two large databases of information on anthrax vaccine and adverse reactions. The first is the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) database, which the two Institute of Medicine Committees (reporting in 2002 and 2003) studying anthrax vaccine said should be opened to independent researchers, and should receive more resources to better study anthrax…

How well does flu vaccine work? Two major reviews have come out in the past two months.  Michiels et al from the University of Antwerp found that the vaccine does prevent influenza among those aged 6-65, “however, there is strikingly limited good-quality evidence of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine on complications such as pneumonia, hospitalization…

The New York Times’ Scott Shane reports on the testimony of Henry E. Heine, former Ivins colleague, at the National Academy of Sciences panel reviewing the FBI’s science at its meeting today. … Asked by reporters after his testimony whether he believed that there was any chance that Dr. Ivins, who committed suicide in 2008,…

Then the US government ordered 7 million more doses since 2020.  But CDC keeps saying the supply is limited.  Limited to whom, by whom? From today’s Wall Street Journal: “Given the current limitedsupply of vaccine, CDC recom-mends temporarily changingsome behaviors that may in-crease a person’s risk of beingexposed,” an agency spokes-woman said. Why is it…