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Academic Researchers’ Conflicts of Interest Go Unreported/ NY Times
Excerpts from another excellent Gardiner Harris piece: In a report expected to be made public on Thursday, Daniel R. Levinson, the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, said 90 percent of universities relied solely on the researchers themselves to decide whether the money they made in consulting and other relationships with…
Anthrax report casts doubt on scientific evidence in FBI case against Bruce Ivins/ WP
From Jerry Markon at the Washington Post: A panel of prominent scientists is casting new doubt on scientific evidence that was a key part of the FBI’s case against Bruce E. Ivins, the deceased Army scientist accused of carrying out the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. The National Research Council, in a report issued Tuesday, questioned…
VA study: by October, the 3 vaccines averaged 48% efficacy in preventing infection/Science magazine
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm0620 Excerpt: We report SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness against infection (VE-I) and death (VE-D) by vaccine type (n = 780,225) in the Veterans Health Administration, covering 2.7% of the U.S. population. From February to October 2021, VE-I declined from 87.9% to 48.1%, and the decline was greatest for the Janssen vaccine resulting in a VE-I of 13.1%….
How can the right questions be asked of the 3 USG witnesses at the WHO Reform hearing on Tuesday–Need Your Help! Please contact their offices, support HR79, ask them to ask questions below
Here are some reps who should be on our side and some questions they should ask, followed by a compendium on the proposed IHR amendments. Do we have any ins with any of the subcommittee members for this hearing? Here are 3 that ought to be on our side. Nicole Malliotakis—NY Phone: (202) 225-3371…
“The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine did not protect young children against swine flu last year and might not this year”/AP
From the Associated Press: The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine did not protect young children against swine flu last winter and might not work again this year, health officials said Thursday. Preliminary results from three studies found that AstraZeneca’s FluMist had little or no effect in children against swine flu. That was the…
13% of US hospitals critically understaffed. Let’s explore how this came to be, and what it might portend
Becker’s Hospital Review provided the numbers regarding medical understaffing. No matter how the hospitals, states and federal government try to spin it, and no matter how much crazy money is paid to travelling, temporary doctors, nurses or others to move them around to plug a few holes, the fact remains that a huge number of…