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Can it be? Study finds that college students who had been vaccinated against flu were more likely to excrete flu virus / Proceedings National Academy of Sciences
It is only one study. But it was carefully done, used interesting methods, and it tried to explore issues that have rarely been studied. Researchers from the University of Maryland studied students who had new symptoms of influenza to see if infectious flu virus spread during coughs, sneezing, or regular breathing. They looked at nasal…
Delta variant mildest of all 7 variants tracked in the UK
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994997/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_16.pdf Data current to June 11, official UK government report Table 2. Number of confirmed (sequencing) and probable (genotyping) cases by variant as of 14 June 2021 Variant Confirmed (sequencing) case number Probable (genotyping) case number* Total case number Case Proportion* Deaths Case Fatality Cases with 28 day follow up Deaths among those with 28…
FDA’s EUA for Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine *excluded* authorization for the anthrax vaccine company’s Covid vaccine/ WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/02/merck-johnson-and-johnson-covid-vaccine-partnership/ “Most of Johnson & Johnson’s partners disclosed to date are contract manufacturing companies, but now it is moving to team with larger drug companies that have seen their own vaccine projects delayed or fizzled. The manufacturing process is time-consuming: Johnson and Johnson ferments large batches of its vaccine in vats at a contract manufacturing facility in…
1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual. First posted 2014
This AP photo from a Berlin demo speaks for itself.–Meryl
Chicago caves, unwilling to fire predominantly black teachers and police officers/WTTW
https://news.wttw.com/2021/10/13/unvaccinated-chicago-teachers-can-keep-working-if-they-agree-weekly-covid-19-testing With an impending COVID-19 vaccination deadline for employees, unvaccinated Chicago Public Schools teachers and staffers will be able to opt for weekly testing and continue working after this week. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez on Wednesday said those who are not fully vaccinated by Friday’s deadline must consent to weekly testing, but will not be…
Did this Virus Come from a Lab? Maybe Not — But it Exposes the Threat of a Biowarfare Arms Race/ Sam Husseini @ Salon
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/24/did-this-virus-come-from-a-lab-maybe-not–but-it-exposes-the-threat-of-a-biowarfare-arms-race/ Dangerous pathogens are captured in the wild and made deadlier in government biowarfare labs. Did that happen here? SAM HUSSEINI There has been no scientific finding that the novel coronavirus was bioengineered, but its origins are not entirely clear. Deadly pathogens discovered in the wild are sometimes studied in labs — and sometimes made more dangerous. That possibility,…