AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe got a swine flu vaccine scoop–yet the news is four weeks old. It turns out that DHHS Secretary Sibelius has not only given immunity to the makers of Tamiflu and Relenza for injuries stemming from their use against swine flu. She also granted immunity to future swine flu vaccines and…
And in the US, the vaccine has not had any human testing yet. Moderna began injections last week but their study won’t complete till year’s end. By then the 512 people in the Moderna trial will be irrelevant to the tens of millions that already received this new booster, which so far has only completed…
From the Scottish Press and Journal: Don’t panic, says Scottish government probe launched into drug batch Flu vaccine doses recalled in scare over side effects The Scottish Government is recalling thousands of flu vaccines over fears that the drug is making some people ill, the Press and Journal can reveal. About 300,000 doses of Preflucel…
This is a preliminary report from a Scottish doctor, and may turn out to be wrong later. He has analyzed data from Italy on deaths, and concluded that those patients on ACE inhibitors or ARBs (which target ACE receptors, which are also used by coronavirus) had significantly higher death rates. Because coronavirus disease is currently…
https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/taming-the-virus-us-deaths-hit-lowest-level-in-10-months/ COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days. Confirmed infections, meanwhile, have fallen to about 38,000 day…
If you read the second post below this one, you will see evidence from several countries that suggests a previous seasonal flu vaccine may actually increase the risk of getting flu, and may worsen one’s short and long-term immune response to a newer flu vaccine. As if that wasn’t enough reason to avoid getting routine…
