Dr Paul Thomas and I discuss many different subjects including the role of vaccines in mortality in Africa, COVID, Bioterrorism. I especially liked the last 20 mins.

Excerpt from original story in The Oregonian indicates extensive contacts and debriefs between Haigwood and the FBI over 6 years. Although agents were close-mouthed with almost everyone else during this investigation, they apparently opened their case files for Dr. Haigwood: “Haigwood, who researches HIV transmission and vaccines, said she contacted the FBI shortly after the…

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/rhode-island-makes-exception-to-healthcare-worker-vaccination-requirement.html Healthcare workers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Rhode Island’s Oct. 1 deadline will be allowed to work beyond that date to prevent care quality from slipping, the state health department said Sept. 21.  “If there is a risk to quality of care, and an unvaccinated worker must continue to work beyond Oct. 1 to…

from an article by Debora MacKenzie, who has been knowledgeably reporting on anthrax and bioterrorism at the New Scientist for more than a decade: . . . Next the team developed highly sensitive tests to screen all 1072 samples for four of the mutations. Eight samples had all four. One came from a flask labelled…

And I just came across Michael Crichton’s ‘Author’s Message’ from the book State of Fear, which elaborates on my concerns: AUTHOR’S MESSAGEA novel such as State of Fear, in which so many divergent views are expressed, may lead the reader to wonder where, exactly, the author stands on these issues. I have been reading environmental texts…

I like this article on planetary temperatures on the Australian Academy of Science website, which provides facts and seems even-handed: globally averaged near-surface air temperature rose by around 0.8°C [1.4 degrees Farenheit] between 1850 and 2012 (Figure 2.1c). The rate of warming increased in the mid-1970s, and each of the most recent three decades has…