I will be live-blogging the CDC’s ACIP Advisory meeting today starting at 11 am, re the use of Pfizer’s vaccine in 5 through 11 year olds

There is so much written that is dead wrong about this year’s flu vaccine,  another post is needed.  Here are some facts: 1.  This year’s flu vaccine is the same as last year’s vaccine.  If you are healthy and got the vaccine last year, you probably still have antibodies against all 3 strains. 2.  The…

https://news.wttw.com/2021/10/13/unvaccinated-chicago-teachers-can-keep-working-if-they-agree-weekly-covid-19-testing With an impending COVID-19 vaccination deadline for employees, unvaccinated Chicago Public Schools teachers and staffers will be able to opt for weekly testing and continue working after this week. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez on Wednesday said those who are not fully vaccinated by Friday’s deadline must consent to weekly testing, but will not be…

 https://www.nature.com/articles/ja201711.pdf Someone wrote this in 2017.  Some people thus knew ivermectin had antiviral properties.  In fact, the drug has all kinds of possibly miraculous effects.  It is just missing the important one:  patentability.  (It was patented but the patent expired in 1997.)  Recent research has confounded the belief, held for most of the past 40…

If you read the second post below this one, you will see evidence from several countries that suggests a previous seasonal flu vaccine may actually increase the risk of getting flu, and may worsen one’s short and long-term immune response to a newer flu vaccine. As if that wasn’t enough reason to avoid getting routine…

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaFH9slcxJo

Unmanned satellite-aircraft devices can now stay in orbit more than a year, then return to earth and make a soft landing at a military base!  Just imagine the accuracy and precision of the measurements and analysis needed to achieve this.  This accomplishment deserves more than a hat-tip to the scientific method. Yet when it comes…