Heroin deaths skyrocket to 620% of 2002-2006 levels; fentanyl increase steeper than heroin/ NIH, CDC

The NY Times had a comprehensive article about NYC’s preschool flu shot mandate last January 2015. I blogged about the issue here; and now, in December, a judge has thrown out the mandate. Children aged 6 months to 5 years and who attended any preschool program licensed by NY City were required to receive a…

The BBC (Imogen Foulkes) asks, ” Was the WHO right to declare a global swine flu pandemic?  Who made the key decisions that led to countries buying millions of doses of vaccine?” In June 2009 the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared swine flu a global pandemic. Governments around the world sprang into…

Everybody knows some things are good for health and some things are bad.  Yet one rarely learns the magnitude of the positive or negative effect, making it impossible to take the logical approach, which is to balance risks and benefits as we make all sorts of choices. For example, how much benefit will I receive…

NYC Education Department expects to lose 5,500 workers, according to today’s NY Post.  They are seeking subs. The Washington Post tells us that nationwide, only 60% of police, firemen and EMS first responders are vaccinated. No one knows how many military servicemembers are saying no, but it is a lot. These folks, like me, do…

FDA issued a license today for COMINATY, Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. There are caveats.  It does not apply to the 12-15 age group.  It does not apply to any vaccine currently located in clinics.  Until vaccine appears on shelves with the COMINATY label, it is authorized and remains experimental, buying people a few days, I guess. …

“Look, there is no federal solution,” Biden said Monday, according to a transcript of a conversation he had with a group of governors. “This gets solved at a state level.” What does this mean? Having spent a trillion or more “responding” to the Pandemic with zero benefit or accountability, during which all the friends of government…