The Economic Standard’s white paper on HCQ

https://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=77ae8175d1&e=9344212cf2  Omicron-specific booster may not provide more protection, study suggests A new study conducted in primates suggests there may not be a benefit from updating Covid-19 vaccines to target the Omicron variant at this time. The work, by scientists at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’s Vaccine Research Center, shows that animals boosted…

A second official advisory panel tells the government its NSA bulk collection of data is illegal and furthermore, has shown no benefit in fighting terrorism.  From NBC: A government advisory panel said Thursday that the bulk data collection program run by the National Security Agency is illegal and should be halted.   Recommendations by the…

Just another example of the crazy billing environment for medicine in the US.  From the WSJ: “After David Hubbard underwent a routine echocardiogram at his cardiologist’s office last year, he was surprised to learn that the heart scan cost his insurer $1,605. That was more than four times the $373 it paid when the 61-year-old…

 https://rumble.com/voq7dn-what-percent-of-cdc-employees-are-vaccinated-cassidy-grills-walensky-at-sen.html Physician Senator Cassidy asked Rochelle Walensky a few questions the other day.  It was remarkable what she did not know or would not answer. 1.  How many CDC employees are vaccinated?  A:  We are educating them. 2.  How many CDC employees are working from home?  He thought 75%?  A:  I don’t have that information….

Webcast of the hearing can be accessed here. Eight senators attended some of today’s hearing, and had a lot more to say about the anthrax letters. The Washington Post, AP, Reuters, USA Today and Salon (Glenn Greenwald) have all posted reports of the hearing, in which the FBI was lambasted over the letters case. Most…

How could the New York Times overestimate pediatric hospitalizations by such a huge amount? Don’t they have editors? Or was this from a CDC press release that deliberately inflated the problem of Covid and children the same week Pfizer asked the FDA to authorize its Covid vaccine for those aged five through 11? CDC keeps…