My interview with Richard Gage on 9/11, COVID and more. Nearly 2 hrs

Excellent discussion of what we know, don’t know, and may be assuming incorrectly–by Marc Lipsitch, PhD, professor at Harvard School of Public Health. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-immunity.html

From CBS: But unfortunately, Ebola survivors do often develop certain chronic inflammatory conditions that affect the joints and eyes, problems that can follow a survivor through the remainder of their life. Dr. Amar Safdar, associate professor of infectious diseases and immunology at NYU Langone Medical Center, told CBS News these chronic conditions are a result…

In light of the Eric Cantor defeat in Virginia’s Republican primary, that fact that more Nevada voters cast votes for a “None of the Above” option than for a candidate is interesting.  Voters are fed up in both the east and west.  From the Washington Post blog: “And the winner is — no one. More…

https://www.juliusruechel.com/2021/09/the-snake-oil-salesmen-and-covid-zero.html This article is a real treat.  Julius Ruechel has written a tour de force that starts with your immune system, moves to the Diamond Princess and the uses made by big businesss and the political class of the COVID pandemic, discusses the role of viruses and their mutations for illness and for health, A.D.E.,…

Of 364 older Danes who were seropositive for H3N2 infection and about 1000 who were negative, it turned out those who were positive were a bit more likely to have been vaccinated this season for flu. This may mean the vaccine was of no use due to high rates of mutation.  Or it could mean…

Professor Peter Collignan provides us with facts (finally we get to see some unvarnished information) on how bad the H1N1 virus was for healthy people, as well as learning of much higher adverse event rates for the vaccine than have been previously reported.  However, the CSL vaccines used in Australia were almost certainly different than…