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Johnson & Johnson suffers another setback as FDA tells Md. vaccine maker to suspend production/ WaPo
From the WaPo our fears are confirmed–vaccine has been leaking out of this plant despite the fact that the plant was never authorized by FDA. Still wondering if this was related to some of those clinic shut-downs?The storyline is that the unapproved vaccine went to Canada and Mexico. Are you relieved yet? From the WaPo:…
My live blog of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting June 23 re Covid vaccines, safety, and booster doses
merylnass:The committee is welcomed by Amanda Cohn, MD, who is not only the ACIP Executive Secretary but also a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, VRBPAC–a considerable conflict of interest, which helps to asssure both federal agencies push the same policies smoothly, together. Drs. Walensky and Amanda Cohn thanked Anne Schuchat for her service….
In vitro, 53 existing *licensed* drugs have activity against Ebola virus entry into cells/ Emerging Microbes and Infections, a Nature publication
Yesterday, authors from the NIH, NY and Toronto published a paper describing their screening system for compounds against Ebola. The method has identified a large number of approved substances with potential benefits. Many of them have been mentioned in this blog previously, such as clomifene, antimalarials and antiarrhythmics. Ninety-five additional compounds were also found to…
It’s Madness What Is Happening to [College] and all Kids/ Brownstone Institute
by Vinay Prasad, MD https://brownstone.org/articles/its-madness-what-is-happening-to-college-kids/ …When it comes to COVID19, there are only 3 things any of us can do: We can lower the risk of bad outcomes when we encounter the virus. We can delay the time to meet the virus We can engage in theater which does not delay the time to meet…
Is the NSA Blackmailing Its Overseers In Washington?/ Washington’s Blog
Are the Intelligence Committees Being Blackmailed? During the Vietnam war, the NSA spied on two prominent politicians – Senators Frank Church and Howard Baker – as well as critics of government policy Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and a Washington Post humorist. A recently declassified history written by the NSA itself called the effort “disreputable if not…
Providing you background facts on smallpox and monkeypox so you can evaluate what you are hearing
You can relax now, says WHO, as it releases a clever statement to introduce the idea of mass monkeypox vaccination: The World Health Organization (WHO) maintains that the growing monkeypox outbreak remains “containable,” and that there’s no immediate need for mass vaccination against the orthopoxvirus; since May 7, a total of 131 confirmed cases and 106 suspected cases…