Officials recall more swine flu vaccine/ SF Chronicle
In a previous post, I cited literature that showed the nasal vaccine had been only 29% effective in adults in a previous year, even when fully ‘potent.’
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Let’s vaccinate against a nonexistent flu virus: the “preemptive strike” rears its head again/ BBC
UPDATE: I just learned that in 2008 GSK obtained European regulatory approval to market a so-called “Prepandemic” Vaccine for H5N1 avian flu. This virus is not circulating in humans. The theory behind the vaccine is that if a bird flu virus emerged to cause a pandemic, the GSK vaccine is likely to be somewhat similar to it,…
U.S. Limits Anthrax Vaccine Liability–Global Security Newswire
Elaine GrossmanGlobal Security Newswire Oct. 17, 2008WASHINGTON – The U.S. Health and Human Services Department early this month moved to shield government, industry and business officials from lawsuits filed by those who have received the anthrax vaccine (see GSN , Sept. 5, 2007). Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt established legal immunity for public…
UK Department of Health Suggests End to Pneumococcal Vaccine Program in Elderly/ UK Dept. Health
Professor David Salisbury, the Director of Immunisation for the UK Department of Health, wrote to colleagues/stakeholders on March 16 suggesting that routine pneumococcal immunisation in the over-65 age group be ended, and asking for their views before making a final decision on the program. Ending routine vaccinations in the elderly is the recommendation of the…
NPR is all over “overwhelmed hospitals” and HHS hiding hospitalization data today–here are the real data minus the spin
First, it is acknowledged that the covidtracking website has had better data than the federal government–in fact it was started at the beginning of the pandemic by reporters from the Atlantic because the federal data released by CDC was limited and unreliable. Subsequently it has become foundation funded and its founder left the project. This graph, from…
The Testing Mess
I have not written much about testing since the early days of this crisis, because there is almost no reliable information. The Infectious Diseases Society of America issued recommendations about testing two days ago, yet the authors admit that their advice is almost evidence-free. So, this is all I can say reliably at this time. 1. A fabulous…
Detouring around evidence: CDC’s new recommendations on treatment of anthrax exposures in pregnant and post-partum women
CDC just published new guidelines for treatment of anthrax exposure and anthrax disease in pregnancy and the postpartum period. It is said the guidelines are based on meetings “of national subject matter experts to review key clinical elements of anthrax prevention and treatment for pregnant, postpartum, and lactating (P/PP/L) women.” A lot of effort was made…