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Viral Shedding Continues Up to 6 Weeks After Coronavirus Symptom Onset
(Reuters Health) – Patients may continue to shed the SARS-CoV-2 virus for up to six weeks after symptoms emerge, a small study of recovered COVID-19 patients suggests. One third tested positive 4 weeks after start of symptoms… so when can you go back to work after getting COVID? Dr. Zhang and colleagues summarized their experience…
Germany: Nuclear power plants to close by 2022/ BBC
From the BBC: Germany’s coalition government has announced a reversal of policy that will see all the country’s nuclear power plants phased out by 2022. The decision makes Germany the biggest industrial power to announce plans to give up nuclear energy. Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen made the announcement following late-night talks. Chancellor Angela Merkel set…
Why States Can Assert that the WHO Has No Authority Over Them: Summary of the Evidence
This is a compilation of the important info I have been dropping as individual tidbits over the past few days regarding states power over health regulation. Why Can States Assert that the WHO Has No Authority Over Them? The Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights states, “The powers not delegated to…
Did Ivins have the knowledge and access to produce weaponized, dry anthrax?
The media have reported that some biodefense scientists said Ivins couldn’t produce the powdered anthrax found in the letters, but at least one scientist said he could. One problem is that the public does not know how the letters’ anthrax was produced, nor whether it contained an additive that promoted dispersion. Anthrax is produced in…
Lancet vs. Wakefield
I love the Lancet. I have my own subscription, and it isn’t cheap. However, the Lancet took a cheap shot last week, when it retracted a paper on autism by Wakefield et al. immediately following a ruling by the UK’s General Medical Counsel. The Lancet has been embroiled in controversy (and repeatedly tried to extract…
GlaxoSmithKline not liable to pay Pandemrix damages/ Helsinki Times
UPDATE: On Feb 8, WHO acknowledged that at least 12 countries were reporting cases of narcolepsy associated with swine flu vaccinations. From the Helsinki Times, what we already knew and blogged on in 2009 here, here, here, and here finally becomes public knowledge after a vaccine-related, serious illness is identified. Governments that purchased pandemic swine…