Viruses & Vaccines
A Dec. 13 article in Fortune called the polio vaccine used in the U.S. today “not only safe but also effective.”
The article also claimed that because 3 billion children have been vaccinated against polio since 1988, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, that means “20 million people who would’ve otherwise been paralyzed by polio are walking today.”
How accurate is the 20 million figure?
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Read MoreRobert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has been in a marathon of meetings to shore up his confirmation votes come the new year. As his “Make America Healthy Again” movement gets closer to a seat of power in the federal government, onlookers are wondering how Kennedy’s sweeping critiques of food, pharma and health care will translate into actual policy.
In a Q and A, Michael Osterholm encourages openness on benefits and risks of different vaccines
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Read MoreEpidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher on CDM with Bill Quinn
As outlined in the McCullough Foundation production Bird Flu: Separating Fact from Fiction and True Danger from Fear-mongering, since H5N1 bird flu clade 2.3.4.4b was detected in the United States a few years ago, many millions of chickens have been culled in a failed attempt to prevent spread.
Three studies demonstrate that a substantial number of chickens can survive H5N1 infection and will thus obtain natural immunity against the virus, helping to limit future spread:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control et al:
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Read MoreArkansas lawmakers are weighing legislation that could pierce the pharmaceutical industry’s federal liability shield for vaccine injuries by holding corporate executives criminally liable for “vaccine harms” if they concealed evidence of risks associated with a vaccine that subsequently seriously injured or killed the recipient.
Under Senate Bill 6, introduced by Republican State Sen. Bryan King, an executive officer of a pharmaceutical company that “knowingly hides, conceals, omits, or otherwise withholds evidence, documentation, or information that the vaccine has dangerous effects,” would be found guilty of a felony and face a prison sentence of one year to life.
The bill is pending before the Arkansas Senate. King also introduced Senate Bill 5, to hold Pharma executives criminally liable for “prescription drug harm.”
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Read MoreThe U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) strongly backed a controversial research project with China into novel viruses in 2019 even though it created new biosecurity risks, documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show.
Hundreds of records obtained by U.S. Right to Know from Freedom of Information Act lawsuits show how the GVP was boosted by the State Department and underwritten by USAID as it got off the ground from 2016 to 2019.
They also show that the U.S. forged ahead despite unanswered questions about who would own the data and whether Chinese partners would be transparent with the research.
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Read MoreA group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.
Instead, they were told by an assistant secretary in the department and another official that department leadership had a new policy: Advertising or otherwise promoting the COVID, influenza or mpox vaccines, an established practice there — and at most other public health entities in the U.S. — must stop.
According to the employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they fear losing their jobs or other forms of retaliation, the policy would be implemented quietly and would not be put in writing.
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Read MoreAmerican trust in medical institutions and vaccine technology has been plunging the past several years, and though the media treats this as a “troubling” and dangerous development for our society the shift might represent a positive change. The activities of Big Pharma have gone largely unchecked and unchallenged for many decades. The FDA has a revolving door policy, allowing pharmaceutical executives to exit their companies and work at the agency with impunity, then leave again and return to their former jobs. It’s not hard to understand how this creates a serious conflict of interest at the FDA.
Recently, CNN unveiled a poll which proves that US faith in vaccines is in steep decline.
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Read MoreAn article published Thursday in The Guardian — under the headline “Most pregnant women and unborn babies who contract bird flu will die, study finds” — misrepresented the study’s findings, according to scientists who reviewed the study for The Defender.
As public health officials ramp up panic around a possible bird flu pandemic, The Guardian also reported that a “severe strain of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) is spreading globally.”
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Read MoreI greatly appreciated this message from Rick Charleston of British Columbia, and we are sharing it here with his permission.
From Rick Charleston.
To all the politicians, government ministers, health officers and bureaucrats, legacy media executives and law enforcement who abandoned their duty of care in the most egregious attack on basic human rights and well being over the last almost five years, I am bringing to your attention this turning point victory in Australia, arguably one of the most oppressive covid regimes in the world, on par with Canada.
All our hero doctors and nurses who are being persecuted for speaking out for basic bodily autonomy and freedom of speech WILL BE VINDICATED! May Bill 36 be shoved where the sun doesn’t shine.
Justice is coming for you. If it can happen in Australia it can happen here – as soon as our judiciary remember where they lost their balls . And they will.
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Read MoreIn an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, Aaron Siri said a recent New York Times report mischaracterized three narrow petitions his firm filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The petitions raised concerns about specific versions of three different vaccines, including one polio vaccine.
Contrary to the Times headline, “Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine,” the petitions did not ask the FDA to revoke the polio or any other vaccine.
The Times also wrongly implied that Siri filed the petitions on behalf of Kennedy.
Although Siri said he has worked for Kennedy, including representing Kennedy’s presidential campaign, he filed the FDA petitions on behalf of another client — Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN).
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