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Is this a very severe flu season?/ WP and CDC
Today’s Washington Post headline reads “‘Swine flu’ strain returns; dramatic rise in deaths of young adults, children.” But the data do not bear this out. Swine flu isn’t really “back”– since 2009, it never left, but there are more cases this year than the last two, relative to other flu strains. After the 2009-10 swine…
Misinformation: The Atlantic delves into why going after medical misinformation is a very bad idea
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/tolerating-covid-misinformation-better-alternative/626564/
Israeli government agrees to hand over data on anthrax vaccine tests
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update – 02:14 19/02/2008 Soldiers sue government over harmful anthrax tests By Avirama Golan The state informed the High Court of Justice yesterday that it assumes full responsibility for the treatment of soldiers harmed during the testing of drugs…
WaPo editorial on the virus origin investigation, 2/5/2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/coronavirus-origins-mystery-china/ WHAT IS China trying to hide about the origins of the pandemic — and why? In Wuhan, a World Health Organization team has launched its investigation into the origins of the virus that has infected 105 million people worldwide and cost 2.2 million lives over the past year. The terms of reference for the…
WHO responds to the critics/ WHO
WHO has published a formal response on its website to many of the criticisms published in the BMJ and by the Council of Europe last week. A few important points: 1. WHO appears to acknowledge lack of disclosure of conflicts of interest by experts involved in its 2004 pandemic plan. 2. WHO wiggles around the…
Health problems linger for survivors of the anthrax attacks/PA’s Courier Times
The following article talks about an important finding, which I mentioned back in a 2002 NY Times interview: the people who developed inhalation anthrax (or cutaneous anthrax that became generalized) were likely to suffer from the identical symptoms as those who became very ill after anthrax vaccinations. These symptoms have now lingered for ten years…