Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Can the Vaccine Wars Get Any Weirder? Father of (Unvaccinated) Boy With Leukemia Asks California School Officials to Bar Unvaccinated Students/ NY Times

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The son has been treated for leukemia and is still immune-compromised, has not received the live measles vaccine, as it might be dangerous f...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

WHO mulls reforms to repair reputation after bungling Ebola; must guard against donor fatigue/ AP, BBC, Businessweek

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From the AP : GENEVA — The World Health Organization is debating how to reform itself after botching the response to the Ebola outbrea...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Why do so few European countries recommend flu shots for children?/ Eurosurveillance.org

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The data below come from:   Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 16, 24 April 2014 Few European countries recommend flu shots for children, a...
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

George Orwell's "1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual" / Agence France Press

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This photo speaks for itself.--Meryl AFP Photo / DPA/ Jorg Carstensen Germany out
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

FDA finds that baboons given DPT shot became carriers (spreaders) of whooping cough/ NY Times

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Pertussis (whooping cough) epidemics continue to increase in the US, with 50,000 recorded cases this year. Most people who got pertussis  ha...
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CDC sends live (not inactivated) Ebola to scientists...just like they did with anthrax and many other deadly bugs / NY Times

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Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is investigating a laboratory mistake that has potenti...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses / NY Times Editorial

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Email Share Tweet Save More Dick Cheney.   Credit Win McNamee/Getty Images From the Sunday NY Times of Decemb...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Swine flu vaccine-induced narcolepsy is costing European governments over $1 Billion due to liability waivers for manufacturers. The same waivers were just issued for Ebola vaccines

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The UK is paying out about $1.7 million dollars per victim .  Although the media rarely reported on the severity of narcolepsy cases, vaccin...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Media comment on today's GAO assessment of the FBI's flawed anthrax science

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I chose the following short AP report  from the WaPo because it gets right to the point: NATIONWIDE  (AP) -  The Government Accountability...
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GAO Report echoes NAS report that FBI' s study of anthrax letters leaves much to be desired, including lack of validation of the methods used/GAO

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Here is the GAO report released today, two years in the making, a study done for unnamed "congressional requesters." In past year...