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Turning over Public Health to Industry: the UK leaps ahead/ BMJ
from today’s BMJ (British Medical Journal) Tom Jefferson: The UK turns to Witty, Vallance, and Van Tam for leadership: revolving doors? http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2017/12/06/tom-jefferson-the-uk-turns-to-witty-vallance-and-van-tam-for-leadership-revolving-doors/ December 6, 20173Revolving doors are used to facilitate entry or exit into a building. The trick with using these doors is always to get your timing right. Too fast or too slow and…
Bradley Manning revealed information of major international import/ Bill Blum
Bradley Manning spent nearly a year in solitary, being tortured with ploys like forced nakedness (perfected in Iraq as a torture method?). He is unlikely to ever be free. Julian Assange got the honeypot treatment and is likely to spend much of his remaining life incarcerated. Yet we were told those leaked cables had…
Caustic Government Report Deals Blow to Diabetes Drug/ NY Times
The NY Times’ Gardiner Harris has covered a crucial issue unpinning the use of drugs in modern medical practice. As I point out on the left side of this blog: “Clinical data generated or presented by the manufacturers of drugs, vaccines and devices cannot be trusted: there are hundreds of studies proving this. But this…
Biden seeks to recast pandemic fight/ WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/21/biden-omicron-speech-covid-testing-hospitals/ “For the Democratic Party, Biden’s message indicates a shift away from being the party associated with strict covid mitigation measures as vaccines are widely available and proven to work against the latest variant [???]. The change comes just before the start of a midterm election year in which Democrats are expected to face an uphill…
US and World Swine Flu Statistics/Xinhua and CDC
Xinhua, September 5, 2009: Total US swine flu deaths are at 593; this is confirmed by CDC. Total US hospitalizations are 9,079. California has had 144 deaths. New cases at 165 US universities totalled 1,640 last week. No college students have died. WHO reported total global deaths of 2,837. The MMWR mortality in children report…
We don’t know if it works or is safe–but don’t let that stop you, Doctor. Push Gardasil
Developed under the direction and sponsorship of Merck. Helpful information when talking to parents about HPV vaccination Prescribing Information Patient Information When talking to parents about the HPV vaccine… Focus clearly on cancer prevention The CDC suggests:Consider telling parents that HPV vaccination is about cancer prevention: cervical, vaginal, vulvar, and anal1 Example: “HPV can cause certain cancers,…