Upward Trend for Mandatory Vaccinations for Children in Canada
A third of Albertans (34%) believe all decisions on inoculation belong to parents.
4. The Politics of Health
Support for mandatory vaccinations is growing in Canada, poll finds | Globalnews.ca
The online survey found that 72 per cent of Canadians think vaccinations for children should "definitely" or "probably" be mandatory in their province.
Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets | Science | AAAS
PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research
Protecting Science & Public Health
Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet | Semafor
Kindergarten vaccination rates fell in 2024 to the lowest in over a decade.
The Inevitable Next Pandemic
The Price Of Trump’s Tylenol Lie Will Be Paid With Black Lives - ZNetwork
When Donald Trump claimed that mothers taking Tylenol during pregnancy put their children at risk of autism, I didn’t just hear a
Medscape: Common Blood Thinner May Cut COVID Deaths, Meta-Trial Finds
Inhaled nebulized unfractionated heparin with standard care markedly lowers the risk for intubation or death compared with standard care alone in hospitalized, nonintubated patients with COVID.
Vaccine & Covid UpdatesThe View's Sonny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: “Your husband is the least qualified Department of Health and Human Services head that we’ve had in history. He has also spread a lot of misinformation, a lot of chaos, a lot of confusion, and I think it’s just a very dangerous thing." : r/Fauxmoi
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Is RFK Jr. bringing back "gold standard science?"
RFK Jr. promised to restore "gold standard science" to the HHS. How's that going for him? Let's see if his decision earlier this year regarding funding to GA...
Again, again, again
I’m not infertile, but I experience recurrent miscarriages. I worry about how many more I can take
Pregnancy & Fertility
School Isn’t About Learning — It’s About Obedience - Sofo Archon
School is supposed to be about learning. But for most of us, it’s really about obedience. And that lesson sticks longer than any textbook.
U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr. now claims circumcision, alongside Tylenol use, contribute to autism in children. : r/themayormccheese
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Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies to Safeguard Against RFK Jr. - Truthdig
Amid concerns that HHS Secretary RJK Jr. is undermining trust in vaccines and public health science, some states are setting their own rules.
RFK Jr. Says Trump Admin Will “Make the Proof” on Bogus Tylenol Claims | Truthout
“We are doing the studies to make the proof,” the health secretary said.
Medscape: COVID Linked to Eye Issues, But Vaccine Offers Protection
COVID is tied to a greater prevalence of some neuro-ophthalmic complications than is influenza, but COVID vaccines are linked to a lower risk for posterior-segment complications, a new study shows.
Vaccine Safety, Efficacy & Contrasts
Medscape: Food Insecurity: A New Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline?
Food insecurity is linked to increased risk for dementia and cognitive impairment with or without dementia, especially in adults younger than 65 years, a new study shows.
Capitalism vs Health
Medscape: The MAHA Report: A Solution to a Crisis or a Crisis Itself?
The report calls for more study of chronic disease, but real answers will come only from a scientific approach.
Medscape: Updated COVID Shot Led to Less Severe Illness, Fewer Hospitalizations Last Year, US Study Finds
Last year's updated COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent severe outcomes including hospitalizations and deaths, according to data from a large study of U.S. military veterans...
Epidemiology & Impact (Deaths, Hospitals, Cancer, Alzheimer's etc)
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Sweden
mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines elicit antibodies with differences in Fc-mediated effector functions
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines induce robust humoral immune responses with differences in epitope recognition and antibody-mediated functional properties.
mRNA & Future Vaccines
Once again, America is in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave | Eric Topol
In the past couple of weeks, UK, Germany, France and others are experiencing a new wave. The US should get ready
Most Side Effects From Pfizer, Moderna Covid Shots Are Mild And Short-Lived, Major Study Finds
The study, which covers a period when nearly 300 million doses were administered in the U.S., found no link between the number of deaths recorded and the vaccine.
Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage months after illness, scans show
The new British research is the first to reveal striking differences in areas of the brain based on scans taken before and after a coronavirus infection.
Will Omicron finally overpower China’s COVID defences?
Nature - The country needs to control the virus until it has boosted vaccination rates in elderly people and reinforced the health-care system.
Lockdowns & Mandates (Sweden, Israel etc)
There is more to Sars-CoV-2 than meets the eye
Coronavirus not only infects the human retina, but can also replicate in it
How Long Covid Exhausts the Body (Published 2022)
A picture is emerging of the toll long Covid takes inside the body and why it can be so debilitating.
Long COVID and kids: more research is urgently needed
Nature - Like adults, children can experience long COVID, but few studies of the condition include young people. That has to change.
There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID
Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll
The Millions of People Stuck in Pandemic Limbo
What does society owe immunocompromised people?
Ethics, Immunocompromised & Herd Immunity
Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster’s COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education
Free-market interests used fights over COVID protocols to further privatize K-12 education. Economist Emily Oster, whose research is funded by those groups, has laundered their ideologies and given them the imprimatur of science, write epidemiologists Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman.
RFK, Jr. Threatens a Century of Medical Progress - ZNetwork
Arguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live in an era when