Dr. Julie Gerberding doesn’t want you to miss a dose: she ran CDC, now she is president of Merck Vaccines

181 monkeypox patients (average age 37) were studied in Spain, and their illnesses described in the Lancet. “Mitjà and co-authors noted that 32 individuals in their cohort (18%) acquired monkeypox infection despite a smallpox vaccination history, which “warrants further investigation to better understand the protection provided by vaccination in the context of the current outbreak.”‘…

Distinguishing Ebola cases from others is the most immediate need for health care providers and patients.  If you cannot determine immediately who is infected, patients with other conditions will be lumped with possible Ebola patients, and may contract Ebola as a result of healthcare! Even worse (from the point of view of medical providers) is…

The Brownstone Institute wrote today about this decision of November 22, which is music to my ears.  I have been ruminating on how a CDC-sponsored package of legislation (which began as the “Model Emergency Health Powers Act” in 1999 or 2000, crafted by public health law professor Lawrence O Gostin) became the framework for a…

Excerpts from an article in the National Post, detailing remarks by Dr. Richard Schabas, Ontario’s former chief medical officer and a top health officer in the province: “In eastern Ontario where I live and work the outbreak is effectively over. If we’re immunizing people now essentially you’re barring the barn door after the horse is…

Whistleblowers have some protections under US law.  In fact, those who report on corruption that costs the government money are entitled to a large chunk of what $ is recovered as a result of their whistle-blowing.  This often results in multimillion dollar payouts from what are termed “qui tam” or False Claims Act lawsuits. But…

  President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) EXECUTIVE BRANCH BY JACK PHILLIPS   October 17, 2021 Updated: October 18, 2021 biggersmaller  Several Republican attorneys general have said that President Joe Biden’s federal mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations hasn’t yet…