Better Info on H1N1: Cidrap at U. Minnesota
Here is a compendium of very useful info on H1N1, both for clinicians and the public. It appears to be regularly updated. Cidrap has gathered its information from WHO, CDC and other sources.
Congress tried to fix the worst aspects of the anthrax vaccine program, and obtain more reliable information on anthrax vaccine between 1999 and 2002. Congress appears to have failed for two reasons: it does not like to step on DOD’s toes, and it was outsmarted. Congress demanded Vaccine Healthcare Centers Congress likes win-win situations and…
The WSJ on March 6 editorialized about how Florida, which ended lockdowns very early, has done much better with Covid death rates than states with much more regulation. It appears the masks, lockdowns, social distancing provided no discernable benefit. Maybe they even increased cases and deaths. C2C ran a similar piece 2 days ago. In summary:…
According to an article by Yossi Melman, the US spent $200 million dollars for Israel to develop and produce an anthrax vaccine, and test it on Israeli soldiers during the 1990s. When the US military was testing plenty of other experimental vaccines on American soldiers during the 1990s (I know of at least half a…
Thanks to Merrill Goozner: FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meets on Tuesday, September 9. It will consider the safety and efficacy of an HPV vaccine for girls from GlaxoSmithKline called Cervarix. In an earlier post, I noted that the safety of Cervarix (which includes the squalene-containing adjuvant ASO4) was controversial. No US…
Let me just say one thing. If Congress wanted to make vaccines safe, there is a very easy way to do so. Simply lift the liability waiver and the manufacturers will stop selling those vaccines that are unsafe. From the press release: https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-members-introduce-legislation-modernize-vaccine-program The Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Doggett and…
From the Guardian: [A new NSA document revealed in Germany’s Bild newspaper said there was a] “… not legally registered spying branch” (illegal under German law) in the US embassy in Berlin, the exposure of which would lead to “grave damage for the relations of the United States to another government”. From the Washington Post: Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich…