Then the US government ordered 7 million more doses since 2020. But CDC keeps saying the supply is limited. Limited to whom, by whom? From today’s Wall Street Journal: “Given the current limitedsupply of vaccine, CDC recom-mends temporarily changingsome behaviors that may in-crease a person’s risk of beingexposed,” an agency spokes-woman said. Why is it…
In light of the Eric Cantor defeat in Virginia’s Republican primary, that fact that more Nevada voters cast votes for a “None of the Above” option than for a candidate is interesting. Voters are fed up in both the east and west. From the Washington Post blog: “And the winner is — no one. More…
Protests hit Athens and Paris over new coronavirus restrictions, vaccine mandates A woman holds an anti-vaccination placard in response to new coronavirus curbs in central Paris on July 14. The sign, written in French, reads: “The liquid of the dictatorship will never enter my body.” (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images) By Erin Cunningham and Isabelle…
1. Why did all of the vaccines chosen for Operation Warp Speed use novel technologies, unused in any routine vaccines? (Yes, a new Ebola vaccine uses an adenovirus vector, and a resurfaced military-only adenovirus vaccine uses one too–but that’s all.) Why wasn’t a method with a proven track record chosen for the largest vaccine program…
Here is what the government experts in the UK had to say last week about the delta variant. Below is my summary: 1. We think it is more transmissible that the initial Covid variant. However, since the original Covid variant was extremely transmissible, it is unclear how much difference this will make, especially in the…
From the Washington Post: “After a weeklong meeting on the type of electromagnetic radiation found in cellphones, microwaves and radar, the expert panel said there was limited evidence cellphone use was linked to two types of brain tumors and inadequate evidence to draw conclusions for other cancers.” This whole issue is totally gummed up by…