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Health Workers Under Pressure to Get Flu Shots/AP
From the Associated Press: Roughly half of health workers skip the immunizations, raising two concerns: If doctors and nurses get sick, who will treat what could be millions of Americans reeling from seasonal or swine flu? And could infected health workers make things worse by spreading flu to patients? New York, the first state to…
SMART Health Card Digital Proof of Vaccination Launched in More Than 20 States/ The Vaccine Reaction
In April 2021, the Biden administration made an announcement that the federal government would not be mandating a vaccine passport system in the United States. White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated: Let me be very clear on this, I know there’s been lots of questions. The government is not now, nor will we be,…
Might Hydroxychloroquine Actually Be Good for Your Heart?/ AAPS
Verbatim 8/31/20 from the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons: Many are afraid to take hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for COVID as they have been told it could kill them because of its effect on the heart. Are you worried about this? It is a fact that HCQ, azithromycin (Z-Pak™), and other drugs can prolong the QT…
The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? / NY Review of Books
This June 23, 2011 article by Marcia Angell, a former NEJM editor and a Harvard professor of medicine, is a must-read. Actually, this article is only Part 1, and the second half will come out in two weeks. Angell reviews 3 books on psychiatry, and asks all the right questions: Why are half of American…
Surveillance reveals anthrax vaccine safety an issue
Surveillance for Safety After Immunization: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) — United States, 1991–2001 Surveillance Summaries January 24, 2003 / 52(ss01);1-24 This CDC compilation of adverse event reporting information: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5201a1.htm – Vol 52, No 1;1 tells us that anthrax vaccine had the highest reporting rate of adverse events for any currently licensed US vaccine,…