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Comments in response to FDA’s license of Pfizer vax today for 16 years and up
The vaccine-induced protection provided by Covid vaccines starts fading within months. In late July, Israel’s Minister of Health said vaccine protection had dropped to 39%. It is not preventing severe illness in Israel and the UK either, though the US CDC changed its collecting methods for breakthrough cases on May 1 to disguise this fact….
5th Anniversary of Bruce Ivins’ Death is Today, July 29/ Frederick News-Post
The paper representing Maryland’s second largest city is featuring two articles (here and here) skeptical of Ivins’ role in the anthrax letters. It also created a site for readers to vote whether they believe Ivins was responsible for the anthrax attacks, or not. Right now, only 27% think Ivins was the perpetrator. And now that…
Did this Virus Come from a Lab? Maybe Not — But it Exposes the Threat of a Biowarfare Arms Race/ Sam Husseini @ Salon
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/24/did-this-virus-come-from-a-lab-maybe-not–but-it-exposes-the-threat-of-a-biowarfare-arms-race/ Dangerous pathogens are captured in the wild and made deadlier in government biowarfare labs. Did that happen here? SAM HUSSEINI There has been no scientific finding that the novel coronavirus was bioengineered, but its origins are not entirely clear. Deadly pathogens discovered in the wild are sometimes studied in labs — and sometimes made more dangerous. That possibility,…
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…
How effective are Flu Shots? CDC says its an (optimistic) 40%
The CDC website posts information for each of the last 14 flu seasons on the effectiveness of each year’s flu vaccine. Averaged out, the effectiveness of flu vaccines is 40.5%. Figure. Effectiveness of Seasonal Flu Vaccines from the 2004-2018 Flu Seasons While that may not sound too bad, it means that 60% or 3 out of every…
WA launches flu vaccine inquiry / Sydney Morning Herald
From the SMH (Good on ya, Ozzies, for taking this seriously’): The West Australian government has launched an inquiry into the flu vaccinations that caused adverse reactions in hundreds of children across the nation. WA Health Minister Kim Hames said the inquiry would scrutinise systems used to identify public health risks, including vaccine side-effects and…