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From the Guardian, an article provides new information on how Tony Blair’s administration lied to make the case for war in Iraq. What do you call this crime? Is it treasonous to start a war under false pretenses, costing your country hundreds of lives and billions of dollars? And what was it for, anyway? The…
Triage: Flu Outbreak Saps Public Health Resources/ WSJ
The profligate use of public health resources has not been confined to the billions spent on Tamiflu and swine flu vaccines. The Wall Street Journal points out that public health staff around the US have been “forced to cut back on childhood immunization clinics, restaurant inspections and planning anti-obesity programs to get the H1N1 job…
All digital content is recorded, and all snail mail envelopes are being photographed/ RT and WhoWhatWhy
I previously quoted former NSA official Russell Tice regarding NSA surveillance. The website WhoWhatWhy has posted a transcript (and video) of Mr. Tice’s July 10, 2013 interview on RT, and it contains some interesting tidbits. Of course, with respect to NSA surveillance, the big question is who gets and uses the information; who is running…
Most Likely Source of Silicon in Anthrax Attack Spores Argues Against Production by Ivins
Writing at FireDogLake, Jim White discusses the role of silicon in the anthrax spores. Apparently, the mechanism for 2 liter cultures of anthrax available to Bruce Ivins did not require an antifoaming agent, and he did not use one. OTOH, large volume fermenters with compressed air (or a gaseous mixture) pumped into the culture medium…
Community nurses in Hong Kong: only 27% reported willingness to accept swine flu vaccine in June 2009/BMC Infectious Disease
“Similar to previous findings conducted in hospital healthcare workers and nurses, we confirmed that the willingness of community nurses to accept influenza A (H1N1) vaccination is low. Future studies that evaluate interventions to address nurses’ specific concerns or interventions that aim to raise the awareness among nurses on the importance of influenza A (H1N1) vaccination…
The WHO has to pretend the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) does not exist since the Pandemic Treaty requires nations to transgress the BWC
Don’t acquire or retain biological weapons (BWC)—versus every nation must go out and find new ones (IHR amendments and Pandemic Treaty draft of October 30, 2023) Don’t transfer them to others (BWC)—versus transfer them to WHO’s BioHub that will “share them globally” (Pandemic Treaty draft of October 30, 2023) Fortunately the UN has not…