I have been desperately seeking ideas to get us to that sweet spot: where medical providers will know how to manage Ebola in Africa, and their treatments will keep most Ebola victims alive, while not costing a million dollars per patient, or more. I envision patients having access to lab tests, iv fluids, convalescent serum, automatic…
A well-researched piece on adjuvants from CIDRAP (Oct. 30, 2007), by Maryn McKenna. US citizens will need to be concerned about novel adjuvants when the next pandemic strikes, but people in the rest of the world will be offered swine flu vaccine with these adjuvants now. Excerpts: There is currently no regulatory pathway by which…
Just in case you thought that CDC and federal regulators had things under control regarding research on microorganisms that can be used in bioterrorism, think again. There were an average of 4 reported escapes each week over the 5 years that ended with 2012. From USA Today, “The only thing unusual about the CDC’s recent…
My friend Mark Crispin Miller has urged me to be more specific about why I am concerned about the safety of swine flu vaccines in the US. In a nutshell: 1. Newness I am always concerned about new drugs and vaccines. A former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Jane Henney, once said she did not use drugs…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/19/pentagon-psychological-operations-facebook-twitter/ The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after major social media companies identified and took offline fake accounts suspected of being run by the U.S. military in violation of the platforms’ rules. Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, last week instructed the military commands that…
verbatim from National Public Radio: … [Gerberding] came to the CDC in 1998, and was credited with smoothly handling the media after the mysterious anthrax attacks that followed the World Trade Center attack. Merck is one of the largest vaccine makers in the world; Gerberding will be overseeing a $5-billion-a-year business starting in late January……