“We’ll never be rid of COVID,” Fauci Said. Surprise surprise!

The WaPo explores which hospitals will be approved by CDC to treat Ebola patients, and whether hospitals will lose or gain from such a designation. Treating an Ebola patient scares other patients away, puts staff at risk, and demands extraordinary levels of intensive care that exceed what can be reimbursed by insurers, and sometimes what can…

An estimated five lives were saved in Sweden by swine flu shots–while 170 Swedish children have developed narcolepsy as a result, and no one has any information on how many other severe side effects were due to the vaccine.  (Sarcoidosis, for example:  see below.)  Add in the cost of the vaccinations (about $100 million was…

From Jefferson T et al. in this week’s BMJ:    The disparity in effectiveness between the high profile of influenza vaccines and antivirals and the low profile of physical interventions is striking. Public health recommendations are almost completely based on the use of vaccines and antivirals despite the lack of strong evidence.1 Vaccines work best…

From a 2004 review of the common cold.  This paper says 10-15% of colds are due to coronaviruses.  Some suggest a higher percentage.  It can be useful to read literature that is untainted by current political considerations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7125703/ The development of an RSV vaccine has been hampered by the experience with formalin-inactivated whole RSV vaccine…

The scoop on bullet wounds is very simple:  fired from a long distance, the bullet enters an object making a small entry wound, usually the size of the bullet, and leaves the object with an exit wound the same size or, usually, larger.  From the medical website “Explore Forensics“: Exit wounds – as we have…

https://www.fiercetelecom.com//regulatory/ny-ag-accuses-broadband-companies-fueling-fake-net-neutrality-comments NY AG accuses broadband companies of fueling fake net neutrality comments by Diana Goovaerts |  May 7, 2021 11:48am An NY AG report concluded Broadband for America’s campaign contributed to the submission of 8.5 million fraudulent public comments to the FCC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report, which…