All you need to know about the WHO–Please use this handout
In my state of Maine, 61% of deaths occurred in long-term care facilities. In our next-door neighbor New Hampshire, 81% of deaths occurred in these facilities. On April 21, 2020 the United States reached the maximum number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19: 59, 780. Only a tiny number of hospitals were overwhelmed, and by the…
It is great to have this long-awaited EU report on corruption make the news around the world. Yes, corruption is now visible almost everywhere, from petty officials demanding bribes from anyone to the awarding of major government contracts. We knew that. Now this is an estimate of size. However, when you estimate the magnitude of…
An AEI is an adverse event of special interest, in other words, one that FDA has already determined it should be seeking. Here is what the FDA posted about it: … near real-time surveillance detected four potential AEIs in the Medicare healthcare claims database of persons aged 65 years and older who had received the…
The following excerpts from today’s NY Times article point to serious failures of data collection, analysis, and commitment to safety at FDA. The failures follow lax, politically-driven regulations, which allow products to be licensed without data if they are substantially like other licensed products. There is no good guideline for how alike the products must…
Yesterday I was in a televised panel discussion about vaccines, and I suggested that Merck might influence CDC by donating to CDC’s foundation and by having hired CDC’s former Director, Julie Gerberding, as President of Merck Vaccines. After NJ’s Health Director Eddie Bresnitz mandated Merck’s HPV vaccine in NJ, he too was given a job…
Meryl Nass 3 hr ago Here is the Lancet COVID Commission Report, chaired by Jeffrey Sachs. Next is an excerpt from its executive summary: “Section 3 presents our policy recommendations, particularly around multilateral cooperation centred at WHO to address global health crises, and around investments in preparedness for future health crises through strong national health…