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Navy Approves Five Permanent Medical, No Religious Exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine to Date/ USNI News
https://news.usni.org/2021/11/01/navy-approves-five-medical-no-religious-exemptions-for-covid-19-vaccine-to-date The Navy has so far approved five exemptions for the required COVID-19 vaccination — all medical, a Navy official told USNI News. The service has approved five permanent medical exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine so far, said Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Andrew DeGarmo. No one has been separated or discharged, as of Nov. 1,…
Holy moly, it’s hard getting swine flu vaccine to people who might need it overseas/ NY Times
WHO’s Dr. Fukuda still isn’t making sense, only now he is discussing WHO’s work getting vaccine to poor nations. Swine flu cases began falling rapidly in the US in October. Countries have been trying to give away much of their vaccine stockpile since December. Yet WHO has only managed to get vaccine to two countries….
My submission to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Public Commentary — for meeting on February 2-3, 2012 Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues 1425 New York Avenue NW, Suite C–100 Washington, DC 20005 info@bioethics.gov Re: Pediatric anthrax vaccine trial Dear Members of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: In this statement, I want to…
Public Health Gone Awry: Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine (IOM chimes in on lack of good vaccine data)
Hepatitis B is a serious disease. It is highly prevalent in many countries in Asia (nearly 10% of Chinese carried the illness in 1992), but fortunately is of low prevalence in the US. Per CDC, the overall reported US incidence rate for 2013 was 1.0 case per 100,000 population. After adjusting for under-ascertainment and under-reporting,…
Another case on the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers beaten down
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/federal-judge-declines-14-states-challenge-to-cms-vaccine-mandate.html A federal judge in Louisiana on Dec. 2 declined a case brought by 14 states challenging the Biden administration’s rule that requires COVID-19 vaccination for eligible staff at healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. In November 2021, CMS announced that healthcare facilities that receive federal funding must ensure workers are vaccinated against the…
New Review of FBI’s Work in Anthrax Letters Case/ WSJ
New Review of FBI’s Work in Anthrax Letters Case By Devlin Barrett, Wall Street Journal The investigative arm of Congress will take another look at the science the FBI used to determine who mailed deadly anthrax-laced letters in 2001. The Government Accountability Office has notified Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat, that the agency…