We seem to have turned the corner on this latest wave, with cases and hospitalizations trending down

By the NYT’s Andrew Pollack; excerpts follow: On Thursday, the federal government ordered, on an emergency basis, 10,000 treatment courses of peramivir for its national stockpile. It is paying $22.5 million, or about $2,250 a patient. Shares of BioCryst rose nearly 13 percent, to $11.39. Peramivir is given intravenously, making it usable by hospitalized patients…
Let’s draw a stupid line in the sand. Let’s fire employees who refuse a seasonal flu vaccine made up of antigens for 3 strains of flu that do not happen to be circulating in the US right now, and may never circulate. Check out the CDC’s graph detailing the flu strains found in the US…
Extraordinary admissions. Extraordinary facial expressions. I typed exactly what she said: “Booster doses, repeat doses will be part of it… I can assure you that the Commonwealth government has purchased large quantities of vaccine into 2022 and this will be a regular cycle of vaccination and revaccination as we learn more aabout when immunity wanes”…
CDC posts its latest stats for flu on Fridays. See how, despite the pandemonium over flu, things are improving, and it looks like this season is less severe than 2003-4, 2007-8, and 2009-10. UPDATE #1: January 12: Aetna said this week it has seen a spike in flu cases this year but it is not…
About 180,000 adolescents received Comirnaty vaccine in Hong Kong. 33 developed myocarditis. 88% were males and 12% were females. 82% followed the second dose, and 18% followed the first dose. The mean age of these cases was 15. One in 2700 boys got a diagnosed case of myocarditis after their second shot. Epidemiology of Acute…
Injuries to older children and adults following COVID vaccination include death, heart damage, stroke and reproductive harms November 01, 2021 16:18 ET | Source: Children’s Health Defense Washington, DC, Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), and Meryl Nass, MD have sent a letter to each…