An advocacy group has asked the Department of Defense to investigate what it called “an apparent failure” by Moderna (MRNA) to disclose millions of dollars in awards received from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in patent applications the company filed for vaccines. In a letter to the agency, Knowledge Ecology International explained that a review of dozens of…
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Lifesite News reports “Doctors lay out plan to ‘punish’ people who refuse coronavirus vaccine: ‘There is no alternative’”
‘Simply put, getting vaccinated is going to be our patriotic duty,’ and America should consider making it difficult for the unvaccinated to participate in society, three doctors wrote. A coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory, and tax penalties, higher insurance premiums, and denial of many government and private services ought to be considered for those refusing…
National Law Review reports “Vaccinate or Terminate – Mandatory Vaccination As Workplace Policy”
To some, a COVID-19 vaccine will be a welcome development that will permit employment to return to the pre-pandemic paradigm. Others, however, may legitimately believe that a vaccine threatens their health or spiritual well-being. A widely available vaccine that immunizes the population generally may well support individual opt-outs from vaccination, but these factors should be…
Forbes reports “Massachusetts Mandates Flu Vaccinations For Students Of All Ages”
Influenza immunization will be required for all children 6 months of age or older who are attending child care, pre-school, K-12, and colleges and universities in Massachusetts, state public health officials announced Wednesday, in an effort to reduce respiratory illness and flu-related sickness during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/08/19/massachusetts-mandates-flu-vaccinations-for-students-of-all-ages/#5b06896c126d
National Geographic reports “COVID-19 vaccines could become mandatory. Here’s how it might work.”
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena, ready for a big game, tickets in hand. But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper. To be cleared to enter, you’ll also need that…
CDC reports “Vaccine Excipient Summary” (What’s in your vaccines?)
In addition to weakened or killed disease antigens (viruses or bacteria), vaccines contain very small amounts of other ingredients – excipients. The following table lists substances, other than active ingredients (i.e., antigens), shown in the manufacturers’ package insert (PI)as being contained in the final formulation of each vaccine. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/b/excipient-table-2.pdf
Physicians for Informed Consent reports “Aluminum in Vaccines: What Parents Need To Know”
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that the public is very interested in weighing the risks of infectious diseases versus the risks of vaccines,” said Dr. Shira Miller, PIC founder and president. “Parents and the public must become knowledgeable about aluminum in vaccines because even though it is used as an adjuvant in many vaccines,…
Children’s Health Defense reports “Nearly 400 Adverse Reactions Listed in Vaccine Package Inserts”
Package inserts are available online for all vaccines licensed in the U.S. In addition to containing bits of practical information for the clinicians who administer the vaccines, the inserts provide members of the public with one of their only opportunities to learn about a vaccine’s contraindications, warnings, precautions and—perhaps most importantly—potential adverse reactions. The inserts communicate the…
Children’s Health Defense reports “Vaccine Fundamentalism—War Metaphors in the Covid-19 Response, Vaccine Policy, and Public Health”
Public health officials themselves disseminate the war mentality with the repeated message: We are at war with an invisible enemy that must be eradicated. War mentality emphasizes the need for self-sacrifice in order to stop Covid-19 spread. And the weapons of war are glorified; public health authorities glorify its chief weapon of vaccination. A further examination of the…
The Dark Side of Vaccines reports “How to End Vaccine Hesitancy”
Is this decline in confidence responsible for an increase in vaccine hesitancy? And if so, what can be done to remedy this situation? Turning our attention to vaccine policy, there are several areas in which improvements can be made to strengthen vaccine programs and, in doing so, increase public confidence in immunizations in general.