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Rationing is Not a 4-Letter Word
Finally a mainstream article (in the NY Times, no less) redefines the misunderstood notion of rationing and healthcare reform. David Leonhardt’s timely and important article deconstructs (I love that word; here’s one definition of it: textual analysis that can reveal hidden ideological assumptions) rationing. Here is a definition of rationing: the controlled distribution of resources…
J and J’s vaccine, actually manufactured by the anthrax vaccine mfr, gets green light from FDA advisors
Yesterday, Feb 26, the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee (VRBPAC) met to give its assent to the third Covid vaccine candidate applying for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). And I spent another day listening in. FDA is expected to authorize use of the vaccine today. This one requires only one dose. For now. The company is…
Corona virus epidemic
January 31, 2020 I keep being asked about the coronavirus, and have been noncommittal about it, because there was not a lot of information to go on. But now there is more information, so I will say a little. 1. Anthony Fauci, head of the NIH’s infectious disease branch, said the death rate is 1-2%…
Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States/ Harvard professor
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7#article-info CORRESPONDENCE Published: 30 September 2021 S. V. Subramanian & Akhil Kumar European Journal of Epidemiology (2021)Cite this article 801k Accesses 14183 Altmetric details Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by…
What I am seeing happening in the world of Covid now
1. A case was adjudicated in Weimar, Germany regarding the necessity of pandemic measures (and the actual occurrence of a dangerous pandemic) for children several months ago. The plaintiffs won, and the Weimar government was ordered to dismantle its lockdown and school-based measures. Next, the judge was attacked, had electronics seized, was searched and possibly…
EMEA starts review of Pandemrix, will consider provisional measures at its September meeting
From Therapeutics Daily: … Although the cases of narcolepsy have been reported in temporal association with the use of Pandemrix, it is at present not known if the vaccine caused the disorder. The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) will look carefully at all of the available data to determine whether there…