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An interesting study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was discussed yesterday on Medscape. Unsurprisingly, it appears we doctors overestimate the benefit of what we do, and underestimate the risk–by a lot. “Clinicians are likely to underestimate harms and overestimate benefits of tests and treatments, according to the results of a review of 48 studies published online January…
Make Adult Vaccinations as Widespread as Those for Children, Say Immunization Advocates (Sponsored by Pharma)/ Medscape
A report claiming “dangerously low” adult levels of vaccinations just came out, sponsored by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). TFAH focused on “emergency preparedness” and “pandemic preparedness” as the first two subjects covered in its last 2 annual reports (2005 and 2006)…
Medscape and Dr. John Bartlett provide US swine flu vaccine comparisons
How much mercury? Contraindications? Dosing? It’s here in a simple format. And systemic reactions rates are reported to be 45%, said to be the same as for seasonal flu vaccines. (Why, if this vaccine only includes one third as much antigen, would adverse reaction rates be the same? Not sure if this is based on…
Disingenuous John Kerry: NOW we can prove sarin was used
Washington Post today: Sarin gas used in Syria attack, Kerry says That’s great, John. But — does that mean you were trying to drum up support for an attack before you could prove chemicals weapons were used? Come on, John, you know this is not the real question that needs to be answered. What we need…
“The convergence of violent extremist ideologies, false or misleading narratives, and conspiracy theories have and will continue to contribute to a heightened threat of violence in the United States”/ Department of Homeland Security
https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-february-07-2022 Date Issued: February 07, 2022 02:00 pm ETView as PDF: National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin – February 07, 2022 02:00 pm (pdf, 2 pages, 1.86 MB) Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland “The United States remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives…
US government spent over $500m on fake Al-Qaeda propaganda videos that tracked location of viewers/The Independent
The US government spent half a $Billion (yes, with a B) on a UK public relations firm to make fake videos that were supposedly made by al Qaeda (and, I read elsewhere, ISIS.) A former contractor for a UK-based public relations firm says that the Pentagon paid more than half a billion dollars for the production and dissemination of fake Al-Qaeda videos that…