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Biden tests positive for Covid, adding to his troubles as he faces increasing calls to drop out of the race

Jul 17

The youngest pandemic children are now in school, and strugglingSome can barely speak, sit still, or even hold a pencil

Jul 1

Fauci's inner circle initially thought Covid came from a lab

Jun 18

Fauci is grilled in Congress after confessing that the 6-feet social distancing guideline 'sort of just appeared' and he couldn't recall seeing any studies that supported masking children

Jun 3

Jun 3

The NYT reviews credible accounts of harms from mRNA Covid vaccines

May 3

Mar 29

2023

Fauci dismisses the evidence that masks don't work, including the major Cochrane review. The lead author responds

Sep 4

Aug 13

New declassified report on the origins of covid from the US intelligence communityThe agencies remain divided, with some open to it being a lab leak

Jun 23

AstraZeneca vax finally pulled completely from circulation in Australia as new problem found

Apr 4

We called this way back

Revisiting "Covid is a leading cause of death in children" ... AGAIN (Kelley K)

Jan 31

The CDC and FDA say they're investigating possible link between Pfizer's bivalent Covid booster and strokes in seniors over age of 65 — but officials have 'no concerns at this time'

Jan 13

2022

Dec 30

DeSantis requests grand jury probe on COVID-19 vaccines

Dec 13

CDC panel votes to add covid vaccine to childhood schedule

Oct 19

Florida Surgeon General recommends males 18-39 not get the vax due to study they say found an 84% increase in cardiac-related deaths for men ages 18-39Is it true? Well…

Oct 9

Moderna suing Pfizer and BioNTech, accusing them of copying the central technology behind its coronavirus vaccine

Aug 26

The CDC eased its Covid-19 guidance, eliminating quarantines for those exposed to the virus and shifting focus to preventing severe disease

Aug 11

2022 (1/2)

CDC approves vaccines for children under 5

Jun 18

Poll shows covid has fallen off as an issue for voters — in liberal LA

Jun 7

NYT reports in large survey of school counselors that children's learning loss during the pandemic goes beyond reading and math, it's social and emotional tooThis was a cost of lockdowns

May 29

Ivermectin failed as a Covid treatment in a large clinical trial in Brazil

Mar 30

The CDC didn't publish large portion of covid data it collected, withholding evidence 18–49yos were well protected without the booster (but original vax)

Feb 20

Booster shots lose their potency after about 4 months, the CDC says

Feb 11

More Democratic governors are saying that masks can come off in schools

Feb 8

2021

Facing surge, Austria makes covid shots mandatory, reimposes lockdownAustria is the first Western European country to bring back lockdowns; Germany may follow suit

Nov 19

Scott Alexander does deep dive on Ivermectin studies, finds that it does help against covid, but theorizes it's mostly in places parasitic worms are commonThough one takeaway is that there definitely has been more supportive evidence than admitted

Nov 17

In major shift, NIH admits funding risky gain-of-function research in Wuhan

Oct 22

Israel will require a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated and revoke the vax passports of those without until they get it

Oct 3

New covid antiviral pill from Merck said to cut chance of hospitalization and death by half called a game changer

Oct 1

Canadian province of Ontario recommends 18 to 24yos be given Pfizer over Moderna due to the greater risk of myocarditis in the latter

Sep 29

Israeli study confirms natural immunity from covid infection to be stronger than vaccination

Aug 26

Large new study out of Israel finds risk of myocarditis in vaccination to be as high as 1 in 5,000 in 16–17yo boys

Aug 25

NYMag dismantles the case for masking school kids, provides other useful data in this great piece

Aug 20

NYT: Israel, Once the Model for Beating Covid, Faces New Surge of Infections

Aug 18

CDC internal report says that for the Delta variant, when breakthrough infections occur, the vaccinated are just as contagious as the unvaccinated, and that Delta is as contagious as Chickenpox

Jul 30

J&J shot recipients may need a booster against variants as levels of neutralizing antibodies found in many people to be so low protection wouldn't even make 50% efficacy needed for FDA emergency-use approval

Jul 23

J&J vaccine may pose 'small risk' of rare Guillain-Barré neurological syndrome

Jul 12

New 'robust' study shows mRNA vaccines reduce viral load in breakthrough infections by 40%, providing further proof that they impede transmission

Jul 3

FDA adds warning to Covid mRNA vaccines about risk of heart inflammation

Jun 26

Novavax Covid vaccine highly effective in U.S. trials, including against variants, company says

Jun 14

Vanity Fair investigation into lab leak theory of COVID-19's origins, a widely shared and praised piece, reveals suspicious new details

Jun 3

CDC investigating heart problems in some young vaccine recipients

May 22

Study shows delayed second Pfizer COVID-19 shot produces more antibodies

May 14

The British variant, and others, may not be as contagious as claimed

Apr 9

There may be a problem with the AstraZeneca vaccine after allGermany heavily restricts its use for under-60s as their vaccine regulator reports 31 cases and 9 deaths of a rare blood clot disorder

Mar 30

2020

CDC public health experts deny older and most vulnerable Americans highest priority for covid vaccine because they're too whiteIt may seem hard to believe but yes, they're explicit in their reasoning

Dec 18

Scientists are increasingly confident that immunity to the coronavirus should last years, supported by a thorough new study

Nov 17

First presumed case of reinfection in the US reported in Nevada

Aug 28

Doctors now believe COVID-19 is transmitted through aerosols, putting into question measures taken to stop its spread

Aug 25

! First confirmed report of a coronavirus reinfectionGenetic analysis confirms that a Hong Kong patient has been infected twice

Aug 24

How we'll handle covid: challenging the mainstream consensus but offering fact-based coverage with public health in mind

Guidelines: the principles we should follow in responding to the issue

These are divisive issues but it's critically important that we take the right positions. Public health is serious business; countless lives are at stake. That said, there's been much to object to (e.g. lockdowns, arbitrary mandates, etc.). The best way to handle these things is not by taking one of two rigid positions but by laying out a set of principles and priorities, and navigating the issue through that. A rough sketch:

Always provide the best public health advice…
We care about the health of the general public and we'd like our own base to not die
…While accepting reasonable risk.
We can't and don't want to hide indoors forever
Challenge those who'd abuse their power…
There've been countless anti-covid measures to object to; many dumb, unnecessary things
…But don't be difficult for the sake of it.
There's been lots of childish, self-harming behavior on the vaxxes
Question things, including even the vaxxes…
At least one was legit deadly and there are fair questions about risk vs. reward for certain ages
…But not to the point of stupidity.
Vaccines are highly useful tools of public health

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Confirmed: There is a blood clot problem with the AstraZeneca vaccine

This site was ahead of the curve on this. It's not the same story with the mRNA vaxxes but it matters that one of the major vaccines, that people were coerced to take, was in fact genuinely problematic.