From yesterday’s Scientific American: Despite government recommendations, there is little evidence that flu vaccines help individuals older than 65 or younger than two. Every year around this time, 120 million Americans roll up their sleeves to get their annual flu shots. Since 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended yearly jabs…
Reading 26 media reports describing the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues’ report on testing anthrax vaccine and other countermeasures in children, one learns very little: This was a really hard job for the Commission. They had to get it precisely right. The safety of kids is our most important priority. The…
Canberra, Australia’s capital, has about 365,000 people and has a medical school. Its health staff totals 5,122 people. Only 48% were vaccinated against the flu this year, down from 60% during the swine flu pandemic of 2009. But is this a problem? ACT Health said there have been fewer than five deaths a year for…
Over 1,300 people who received the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine in 2009-10 developed narcolepsy. Demographically, adolescents were hardest hit. The vaccination caused profound neurologic disability and frequent personality changes in those affected. All governments that gave out swine flu vaccines were required (by manufacturers, the World Health Organization and pre-existing contracts that had been…
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/early-outpatient-treatment-an-essential-part-of-a-covid-19-solution-part-ii Is Senator Ron Johnson the only sane person in Washington DC??–Nass Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution, Part II Full Committee Hearing December 08, 2020 10:00 AM Location: SD-342 Senate Dirksen Building @Video Conference Witnesses Ramin Oskoui, M.D. Vice President of Medica Staff, Sibley Memorial Hospital and Chief Executive Officer,…
The New York Times’ Scott Shane reports on the testimony of Henry E. Heine, former Ivins colleague, at the National Academy of Sciences panel reviewing the FBI’s science at its meeting today. … Asked by reporters after his testimony whether he believed that there was any chance that Dr. Ivins, who committed suicide in 2008,…