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85 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Should be Available in October
With 45 million doses expected October 15, and 20 million vaccine doses available weekly thereafter, 85 million high-risk Americans will be able to receive their single needed swine flu vaccination during October. By the end of November, another 80 million (lower risk) Americans could be vaccinated. That will probably cover everyone who wants to be…
Adjuvants and Thimerosal (aka Thiomersal)
Adjuvants stimulate increased, nonspecific immunity and are included in many “killed” vaccines. Until October 16, all adjuvants in licensed vaccines in the US were aluminum salts. They are included in tetanus, Hepatitis A and B, anthrax and other killed vaccines. Thimerosal is a compound composed of 50% mercury which has been included in many killed…
US military: 59K cases and 9 deaths (and only 1 active duty death)/ UK government Statistics Authority criticizes govt/prime minister for false use of statistics
While we cannot rely on the Covid statistics that are being provided, still, new numbers for cases and deaths in military servicemembers were released yesterday that are worth a mention. Total cumulative diagnosed cases in active and reserve servicemembers “nears 59,000.” Yet only nine servicemembers have died: 3 National Guard, 5 Reservists and 1 on…
A Sticky Issue: Quarantining Semen (or sweat) in India after Ebola Recovery/ TIME
US media have been silent about this elephant in the room: those who recover from Ebola are likely to have positive PCR tests of semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, urine and skin (including sweat) for one to several months after recovery. There are several anecdotes describing disease transmission to a partner following recovery. Because it…
Pakistani agents ‘funding and training Afghan Taliban’ — Why are we in Afghanistan, anyway?/ BBC
UPDATE June 14 (NY Times): The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. It turns out that the information on Afghanistan’s level of…