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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…
Vaccine Makers Struggle to Speed Output: Cell-Culture Technology Hastens the Process, but Slow-Growing Virus Remains a Problem
From the Nov. 25 WSJ: Cell culturing vaccines is not a well-developed technology, and may not shave much time off vaccine production. Nor will the plant’s cutting-edge technology do much to solve one of the biggest problems vaccine makers have faced in churning out this year’s swine-flu vaccine: a slow-growing virus. High-speed techniques that bypass…
Disposing of chemical weapons / BBC
You can hire mobile units to destroy chemical weapons (including those in munitions) from Eisenmann Corp. near Stuttgart, Germany if the US Army won’t share its mobile units with Syria or with its own chemical weapons activities in Blue Grass, Kentucky and Pueblo, Colorado. The US stockpile could be destroyed within a year if these…
Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial/Wuhan University
Doctors in Wuhan have published the following: Conclusion Despite our small number of cases, the potential of HCQ in the treatment of COVID-19 has been partially confirmed. Considering that there is no better option at present, it is a promising practice to apply HCQ to COVID-19 under reasonable management. However, Large-scale clinical and basic research…
Vaccines: Safety and Efficacy Evaluation
There are only two questions you need to ask about any drug or vaccine. Does it work? Is it safe? Efficacy is commonly measured by a rise in antibody titer. However, the antibody being measured has not always been a good surrogate for level of protection. What one really needs to do is measure the…
Energy Department Now Using the “Misinformation” Meme against those who challenge safety of windmills on people living in their vicinity, with help from NPR
According to National Public Radio (your tax dollars at work), “There’s another battle in the misinformation wars – renewable energy. False and misleading information about wind and solar is fueling opposition to projects across rural America.” “The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even…