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Yes, Coronavirus can stay suspended in air a long time/ STAT
From STAT: “NIAID virologist Vincent Munster and his colleagues used a nebulizer — a device that creates an aerosol from liquids — to release samples into the air of both the new coronavirus and the one that caused the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s. They reported detecting viable virus in aerosols for up to three hours….
CDC’s influenza vaccine for seasonal (non-pandemic) influenza, 2009-10
Useful facts regarding the standard (non-swine) flu vaccine: advice from CDC: 84% of the population is now advised annual vaccinations All children 6 months through 18 years of age are advised annual vaccinations Vaccination is recommended for “All persons who want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting it to…
Why don’t they like the name Moneypock$ ?
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How CDC and WHO Rewrote the history of the 2009 swine flu pandemic–reprinted from 2012
The article below I wrote 8 years ago, but it has relevance to today. I describe some of the tricks that were pulled when a pandemic vaccine was rushed into use in 2009, and how the agencies that rushed it covered their tracks over the next several years–Meryl Saturday, August 4, 2012 Rewriting the history…
Public Health Gone Awry: Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine (IOM chimes in on lack of good vaccine data)
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