On July 6, a team of doctors from Henry Ford Hospital, supported by physicians from Baylor University Medical Center, submitted an urgent request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reauthorize use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for early treatment of COVID-19. Since that day, more than 25,000 more Americans have died from the virus as…
Tag: Covid-19
Newsweek reports “The Key to Defeating COVID-19 Already Exists. We Need to Start Using It”
As professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, I have authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and currently hold senior positions on the editorial boards of several leading journals. I am usually accustomed to advocating for positions within the mainstream of medicine, so have been flummoxed to find that, in the midst of a…
Axios reports “The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine”
The National Institutes of Health may own intellectual property that undergirds a leading coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna, according to documents obtained by Axios and an analysis from Public Citizen. The big picture: The NIH mostly funds outside research, but it also often invents basic scientific technologies that are later licensed out and incorporated into drugs that are sold at massive profits….
WDDTY reports “Will a COVID Vaccine work?”
Celeste McGovern investigates the risks vs benefits of a fast-tracked COVID vaccine and the natural alternatives At least they got the name right. “Operation Warp Speed” is the Trump Administration’s code name (from the science fiction series Star Trek) for the colossal government-corporate partnership, with bottomless public funding and satellites across the globe, that boldly aims to be…
Lew Rockwell reports “The Pharmaceutical Narrative is Failing”
And a group of doctors is helping push it over the edge What follows is a brief summary of the key points made by the group America’s Frontline Doctors at their press conference last week. I will not comment on the validity of their claims, however founder Dr. Simone Gold has provided support for much of what…
The Telegraph reports “Exclusive: Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns”
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, who helps lead the WHO’s pandemic response, said that ‘localised’ measures should instead be used to stem Covid-19 The World Health Organisation has urged countries not to reimpose national lockdowns in an attempt to stem the spread of Covid-19 due to the health, social and economic repercussions. In an exclusive interview…
DailyMail reports “The land with no face masks: Holland’s top scientists say there’s no solid evidence coverings work and warn they could even damage the fight against Covid-19”
For while 120 countries in the world, including much of Europe, have ordered citizens to wear masks in public places to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Dutch are doing things differently. The nation’s top scientists, having examined key data and research, have declared there is no firm evidence to back the use of face coverings….
Newsweek reports “Sweden COVID-19 Death Rate Lower Than Spain, Italy and U.K., Despite Never Having Lockdown”
While novel coronavirus cases have spiked across several parts of Europe, including Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, Sweden—where a countrywide lockdown was never issued—continues to report a downward trend in new cases and new deaths. As of Sunday, the latest death rate in Sweden (deaths per 100,000 people) was reported to be 56.40….
Reuters reports “Thousands march in Berlin against coronavirus curbs”
BERLIN (Reuters) – Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they violated people’s rights and freedoms. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-protests-idUSKBN24X3RZ
ACS Publications reports “Endogenous Deficiency of Glutathione as the Most Likely Cause of Serious Manifestations and Death in COVID-19 Patients”
The hypothesis that glutathione deficiency is the most plausible explanation for serious manifestation and death in COVID-19 patients was proposed on the basis of an exhaustive literature analysis and observations. The hypothesis unravels the mysteries of epidemiological data on the risk factors determining serious manifestations of COVID-19 infection and the high risk of death and…