Superb Review and Discussion of the Vaccine Business
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-century-of-evidence-that-vaccines
An extremely well-researched and reasoned review of vaxxx history in the US and the West.
Four year Covid anniversary - did the virus beat us?
March 13th apparently marked the fourth anniversary of covid being declared as a national emergency. Four years later, how much do we really know about the virus and the therapies we have developed? Did the vaccines really help us 'beat' the virus or did we experience too many deaths regardless? And of course, it caused many social issues, including huge divides amongst our communities on public policies, responsibilities and attitudes. It is probably the most contentious health topic I ever faced in my career, even amongst physiciand and other health professionals. Have we started to come to a consensus or has the gap just widened? And what about long covid? How much do we really know about how to manage it? Just reflecting on a few ideas - feel free to share your thought.
Treatment for human bite for a policewoman
A patient of the clinic, a policewoman, healthy and in her 30s, was bit in her arm by a suspect while she was making an arrest. He is known to be homeless, is an IV drug addict and has previously had multiple problems with the police. She has valid hepatitis B and tetanus vaccines. I have prescribed 5 days of augmentin. Is there anything else I should prescribe? Also about HIV: I understood that they are going to test him but should I prescribe the post-exposure regimen considering that he is high-risk? He is NOT known to have HIV, but this was last tested nearly one year ago. How high is the risk from saliva? Thank you.
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I would leave the PortCath in place only if the clotting has fully resolved. I would also check time since any covid vaccines which have been associated with significant increase in thrombotic events
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Algorithms have the biases of their programmers . One can see the absolute mess that Googles attempt at AI revealed. The left's concept of disinformation isn't always well founded. Claiming that masks were effective against Covid was disinformation. Claiming the vaccines were safe and would prevent infections was disinformation. Yet these statements were broadcast as truth while other valid opinions were censored.
Twitter(X) presents an excellent model. Speech isnt censored but if statements are inaccurate, well resourced rebuttals are posted as well. John Adams said "The answer to bad speech is more speech." Governments and medical systems should not be controlled by left wing thought police. We have a political crisis in Academia as high ranking professors are often bought by Pharmaceutical companies or replace evidence based medicine with DEI diatribes .
What we don't want is any Central entity deciding what thoughts and opinions we should have.
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"Increasing influenza vaccination rates is a public health priority."
No.
No, it is not. The stupidity of this constant push to poison the masses is sickening.
Why anyone turns to JAMA for information is beyond me.
Katherine Watt covers the vaxxx issues very well:
https://bailiwicknews.substack.com/p/vaccines-have-always-been-heterogeneous
https://bailiwicknews.substack.com/p/vaccine-and-related-biological-product
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Dengue has become a 21st-century global health crisis. Here's what doctors need to know.
Mosquito-transmitted dengue viruses have increased rapidly in both reach and number of infections in the past 24 years. Factors such as urbanization, increased global travel, and climate change have driven this rise. Vaccines are available but haven’t been produced at a high enough volume to meet needs.In 2000, about half a million cases of dengue and 19,685 deaths were reported worldwide. By 2019, there were over 5 million cases and 30,000 deaths reported worldwide, the most ever. It’s expected that this year’s numbers will surpass the 2019 record.
In just the first two months of 2024, Brazil reported 1 million cases of the infection and 214 deaths. This is the fastest spread of the virus ever recorded in Brazil, where 1.6 million cases were reported in all of 2023. In Brazil and other countries in South America, the Pacific Islands, and South and Southeast Asia, dengue is a chronic and epidemic concern. As of March 2024, experts reported that dengue is present in 85% of Brazil’s municipalities, and in Brazil’s most populous city, São Paulo, an estimated 300 in every 100,000 citizens is believed to have dengue. Dengue has also emerged in new locations in recent years. For instance, in 2022, Niger reported its first-ever case of dengue. Over the last year, there have been a handful of dengue cases in the US, including the first known transmission in California.
Until recently, this mosquito-transmitted virus had a limited range. However, changes to humans’ living environments have also affected conditions for dengue-carrying mosquitoes, contributing to further spread...Read more
Should there be more awareness about this situation?
Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- As millions of Americans prepare to travel abroad this summer and measles outbreaks increase worldwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidance on how travelers should handle the potential health threat.
Americans planning to fly to other countries should consult their doctors at least six weeks before they leave, if they are unsure about whether they are up to date on their measles vaccines, the guidance now says.
That's two weeks earlier than the one month advance notice the CDC said in November would be needed in order to have enough time to get vaccinated.
Russia and Malaysia have also been added to the CDC's map of 46 countries now facing large measles outbreaks. However, the agency warns that the global rise in measles cases remains a threat in other parts of the world.
"Measles spreads rapidly and may become a risk to travelers in places not included on the list above. CDC recommends all travelers are fully vaccinated against measles when traveling to any international destination," the agency stressed in its guidance.
In recent weeks, health authorities have ramped up their plea for Americans to get vaccinated before traveling this year.
Officials have cited recent outbreaks linked to travelers who were infected abroad and had been eligible to be vaccinated, CBS News reported.
Those include a cluster of cases reported over the winter in Philadelphia linked to an unvaccinated baby. The infant had been old enough to get a shot of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Another occurred in Idaho, which state health authorities linked to an unvaccinated adult who traveled to Europe, CBS News reported.
"The World Health Organization has noted a significant increase in measles cases worldwide, with a 30-fold increase in Europe. This includes popular international tourist destinations for Americans, like England," the CDC said in a report released earlier this month.
Two doses of MMR vaccine offers 97% protection against measles, the CDC says, while one dose offers 93% protection. The protection is lifelong, experts say.
Most Americans got two doses of the vaccine by the time they were 6, though vaccination rates have slipped in recent years.
In the United States, state and local health authorities have announced at least 55 confirmed or suspected cases of measles so far this year across 17 states, CBS News reported.
That is close to the 58 total measles cases the CDC says were reported for all of 2023. The last peak of annual measles cases was in 2019, when 1,274 infections were reported, CBS News reported.
Most new cases in the past week have been in Chicago, where health authorities have been trying to stem an outbreak in a migrant shelter. New infections have also been announced over the past week in California and Arizona.
A spokesperson for the California Department of Public Health told CBS News there were four reported measles cases statewide, and that "cases have been linked to travel to countries with epidemics in the wake of decreased routine immunization."
Meanwhile, officials in Arizona's Coconino County also announced a new case on March 11. Three previous infections were reported this year in Arizona's Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, but the new case wasn't linked to those or to international travel, CBS News reported.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on the measles.
SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, news release, March 13, 2024; CBS News
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Many U.S. Seniors Do Not Intend to Vaccinate Against RSV
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. seniors do not intend to vaccinate against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the 2023 to 2024 season, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in Health Affairs Scholar.
Simon F. Haeder, Ph.D., from Texas A&M University in College Station, queried Americans older than age 60 years about their RSV vaccination status and their intention to vaccinate this fall and winter in a large national survey.
Haeder found that 9 percent of those surveyed had already been vaccinated; 42 percent of those who were unvaccinated indicated their intent to vaccinate. The likelihood of seeking out vaccinations was increased for those with higher levels of concern for the disease, higher levels of self-assessed risk, and higher levels of trust in health institutions; those believing the vaccines were safe and important; and men. Lack of necessity, concerns about side effects and safety, and a lack of information were primary reasons for vaccine-hesitant respondents.
"Policymakers ought to respond to these findings by implementing evidence-based policies that increase vaccination rates in the immediate as well as long-term future," Haeder writes. "These efforts should focus on highlighting the safety and importance of vaccines as well as the potential risks to individuals who fail to vaccinate."
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