“The WHO is completely compromised,” says Dr. Kory. “They are protecting other interests.” The scale of the markets (think vaccines and pharmaceutical companies) that would be affected by the approval of ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 is massive. Meanwhile, because the WHO failed to recommend ivermectin for worldwide use, hundreds of thousands…
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IPAK reports “The Lies Vaccinologists Tell Themselves: VAERS Receives Due Scrutiny on Rating and COVID-19 VAERS Patterns Require Explanation”
Two articles in Volume 2 address the question of detecting signals in the US Vaccine AdverseEvents Reporting System (VAERS). Co-managed by the US CDC and the US FDA, VAERS is represented as having the strengths of containing national data, being able to “rapidly detect ‘safety’ signals” and “detect rare adverse events”, and that the VAERS…
Mercola reports “More Good News on Ivermectin”
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that may be even more useful against COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). However, like HCQ, use of ivermectin has been globally suppressed, discouraged and even warned against, despite decades of safe use for other ailments In the U.S., the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) has been calling for widespread adoption…
New York Post reports “FDA, CDC rules Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine pause can be lifted”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that vaccine providers should resume their use of the Johnson and Johnson jab — after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended it was safe to do so. The CDC and the FDA said J&J’s one-dose shot should be made available as…
Forbes reports “Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Proves Ineffective In Treating Covid-19, WHO Study Finds”
The antiviral drug remdesivir had little or no effect in treating patients hospitalized with Covid-19, according to a study that has not yet been peer reviewed, but was coordinated by the World Health Organization and released on Thursday, casting doubt on one of the few promising treatments for the coronavirus. Remdesivir is the only specific drug…
Real Clear Politics reports “The Tragic Hydroxychloroquine Debate and Dr. Fauci’s Denial of Evidence”
As an epidemiologist trained to make causal inference, especially from observations, I feel strongly that there is an urgent need for an open and honest debate on the ability of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to save lives. I had not paid much attention to discussions related to the efficacy of pharmacological interventions in the treatment of Covid-19…
USA Today reports “‘We’re not your slaves’: Alternative health providers bristle at warning letters about their coronavirus treatments”
Operation Quack Hack, the federal government’s initiative to clamp down on fake coronavirus medications and cures, has exposed a health underground in America brimming with distrust not only of mainstream medicine but the government itself. It’s a Tea Party for COVID-times. Its members are angry at government warning letters that many perceive as an infringement on…
CNN reports “Experts call for independent commission separate from FDA to review Covid-19 vaccines”
Citing criticism of government agencies and increasing public distrust of vaccines, several prominent physicians and experts are calling for the creation of an independent commission to review data from coronavirus vaccine trials before a vaccine is allowed on the market. The US Food and Drug Administration regulates vaccines, and its OK is all that’s needed…
Harvard University reports “Risky Drugs: Why The FDA Cannot Be Trusted”
A forthcoming article for the special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (JLME), edited by Marc Rodwin and supported by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, presents evidence that about 90 percent of all new drugs approved by the FDA over the past 30 years are little or no more effective for patients than existing drugs. All…
Washington Examiner reports “Hydroxychloroquine works in high-risk patients, and saying otherwise is dangerous”
It seems quite possible that the FDA, a third of whose funding comes from drug companies, is under intense pressure from those companies to be extremely conservative in its handling of hydroxychloroquine. If hydroxychloroquine is used widely and comes to be recognized as highly effective, the markets for expensive and patented COVID-19 medications, including intravenous drugs that…