The Simpsons predicted the pandemic, perhaps. Apocalypse Meow. 1 minute 42 seconds

From Spiegel Online comes this story about how the German government and army ordered adjuvant-free vaccine for themselves, but adjuvanted Pandemrix (containing ASO3) for the rest of Germany. Excerpts follow: Damage control is the name of the game in Berlin on Monday as politicians rush to deny that they are receiving a better, safer swine…

One CDC high-containment lab (BSL-3, the level of containment required to study anthrax) fails to contain air efflux.  And it was discovered because visitors touring the facility saw a puff of air exit through a slot in a door window.  How long had this been going on?   USAToday points out that the BSL-3 lab doors…

I apologize for ignoring this subject until now. Celvapan is the Baxter non-adjuvanted swine flu vaccine that is being used in many countries outside the US. It has no thimerosal. It is not grown in eggs, but instead is grown in tissue culture using Vero cells. This is a major advantage to people who have…

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Scott Shane’s newest, detailed exploration of Bruce Ivins can be summarized in Shane’s statement, “unless new evidence were to surface, the enormous public investment in the case would appear to have yielded nothing more persuasive than a strong hunch, based on a pattern of damning circumstances, that Dr. Ivins was the perpetrator.” Let me make…

From the Jerusalem Post From the AP Excerpts from today’s Ha’aretz: Dr. Reuven Porat, who chaired the medical committee, told Haaretz the panel had not been presented with any official documentation that shows the decision to develop, test and produce the vaccine had been authorized by the government. Similarly, there was no authorization presented from…