Estimates of Long Covid Are Startlingly High. Here’s How to Understand Them.
Elizabeth Cooney Think about the adults you know who have had Covid: Does 1 out of every 5 have long Covid, as the CDC estimates? Asking that question should in no way diminish the suffering of people who thought they were done with their infections, only to find their return to well-being still beyond reach. But […]
Masks Are Not Benign
Pairodocs Masks are an example of the weaponization of the precautionary principle. “If it saves just one life, it is worth it”. “You can’t be too careful”. Neither of these is true. A correct application of the precautionary principle means considering not only the benefits, but also the negative impacts of an intervention. … Oxygen […]
Lockdown Harms Impossible to Cover Up
Michael Senger According to a recent study by the World Bank, published in the journal Nature, lockdowns and the response to Covid-19 have pushed an additional 75 million people into extreme poverty, living on less than US $1.90 a day. … Currently, the mainstream left and right are starting to realize lockdowns were a big […]
Why This New Virus Testing Makes No Sense
Robin Monotti Graziadei … If we were to have routinely tested everyone for spike proteins or other coronavirus target genes before 2020, we would have found them in approximately one third of what we call winter colds or flus if not higher. This is likely to be what is happening now: tests include gene targets […]
FDA Briefing Document: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting
June 28, 2022 At a previous Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory (VRBPAC) meeting on April 6, 2022, the committee discussed considerations that should inform strain composition decisions to ensure that available COVID-19 vaccines continue to meet public health needs, when and how frequently to consider strain composition changes, and the process that should be […]
The FDA’s Proposed “Future Framework” is the Worst Idea in the History of Public Health
Toby Rogers If approved on June 28, all reformulated Covid-19 shots will skip clinical trials. The purpose of the “Future Framework” is to rig the Covid-19 vaccine regulatory process in perpetuity in favor of the pharmaceutical industry. If this “Future Framework” is approved all future Covid-19 shots, regardless of the formulation, will automatically be deemed […]
The SPARS Pandemic 2025-2028: A Futuristic Scenario for Public Health Risk Communicators
The John Hopkins Center for Health Security The following narrative comprises a futuristic scenario that illustrates communication dilemmas concerning medical countermeasures (MCMs) that could plausibly emerge in the not-so-distant future. Its purpose is to prompt users, both individually and in discussion with others, to imagine the dynamic and oftentimes conflicted circumstances in which communication around […]
Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe
Beny Spira Masking was the single most common non-pharmaceutical intervention in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Most countries have implemented recommendations or mandates regarding the use of masks in public spaces. The aim of this short study was to analyse the correlation between mask usage against morbidity and mortality rates in […]
