The Mystical Art of Confusion-2nd try
Similar Posts
U.S. healthcare by the numbers / Reuters
According to Reuters, the US ranks close to the bottom on a number of healthcare indices, compared to the 33 other countries in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Of course, the US ranks at the top in terms of cost: 17.9% of GDP is spent on healthcare in the US. There is…
Flu Response: contradictions and dire warnings
Despite a recent attempt to paint last year’s swine flu pandemic as more serious than thought, based on its higher attack rates and complications in a younger population, a new study using Wisconsin data, reported by Agence France Presse, calls those conclusions into question: Children, which the 2009 H1N1 pandemic infection appeared to disproportionately affect,…
Finland vows care for narcolepsy kids who had swine flu shot/ AFP
From Agence France Presse: HELSINKI — The Finnish government and major insurance companies announced Wednesday they will pay for lifetime medical care for children diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine. “The compensation will provide much-needed financial assistance for the families, although it cannot take away the emotional distress caused by this condition,” Social…
Journalist, trained attorney and activist Shabam Palesa Mohamed of South Africa covers the WHA meeting and related events
https://shabnampalesamohamed.substack.com/p/africa-objects-to-us-proposal-on?s=r Africa objects to US proposal on controversial IHR amendments Meanwhile India discovers irregularities in WHO financial audit Africa Day, 25 May, has made an impact. In a rare show of African power and solidarity, several African member states objected to proposed International Health Regulations amendments, discussed at the World Health Assembly 75 this week…
More stories about staffing problems and lawsuits over the mandates
Massachusetts may lose 40-50% of its corrections officers to the mandate, and the governor is talking about bringing in the National Guard. The Guard is already driving school buses. Massachusetts is possibly the bluest state in the nation. It was the only state that voted for McGovern in 1972. Massachusett’s State Police union has filed…
Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks/WaPo
The Washington Post reviews the spectacle of the Florida DoJ denying that Bruce Ivins had the ability to prepare the anthrax that killed five and made at least 17 people ill. He didn’t have the equipment within the hot room to dry anthrax. That does seem to be a limiting fact. But then the DC…