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Thinking about infections and immunity
I think I have had influenza twice, based on my symptom pattern and the fact I was exposed to flu cases. But every winter I care for flu patients, so I have probably been exposed to flu viruses repeatedly each season. But I generally stay well. Why? For each infectious disease, an “infectious dose” has…
Why doctors and researchers need access to hydroxychloroquine / The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/510700-why-doctors-and-researchers-need-access-to-hydroxychloroquine BY PETER A. MCCULLOUGH, M.D., OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 08/07/20 10:30 AM THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL On July 6, a team of doctors from Henry Ford Hospital, supported by physicians from Baylor University Medical Center, submitted an urgent request to the Food and Drug Administration…
Influenza vaccine clinical trials: reliable evidence is thin, but there is evidence of widespread manipulation of conclusions/ Cochrane
A 2010 update to Cochrane’s 2007 metaanalysis of the published clinical trial literature on influenza vaccinations found not a lot to recommend the vaccines. Cochrane pointed out, “Healthy adults are presently targeted mainly in North America.” The implication is that Europe, where most reviewers reside, is too smart to push mass flu shots on its…
Narcolepsy diagnosed in 41 children vaccinated for H1N1 last year/ Helsingin Sanomat
Surge seen only in Sweden and Finland (Helsingen Sanomet) Forty one children and young people in Finland who were vaccinated for the H1N1, or swine flu virus last winter have been diagnosed with narcolepsy. In addition, there have been a few cases of the disease in which there was no record of a swine…
Israel and Pfizer just discovered facial nerve (Bell’s) palsy is a side effect of Pfizer’s shot/ We knew it December 17
Israel National News reports below that new side effects are discovered when you vaccinate 2.5 million people at once with an experimental vaccine. Funny, even before one Israeli was vaccinated it was reported in this blog on December 17 that the mRNA vaccines caused Bell’s Palsy. Don’t you think Pfizer and Moderna knew it too? What…
Boosters Without Data/ MedPage Today
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/93565 What Evidence Do We Need to Move Forward With COVID Boosters? — More data and an evaluation of several factors at home and abroad are key by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH July 14, 2021 … Boosters Without Data If we accept boosters in the U.S. while the rest of the world remains unvaccinated, and if we authorize…