A concise and simplified approach Answer: Ask for the 2025 – 2026 Updated COVID-19 Vaccine. Answer: There are four vaccines that will be available in the U.S.: (Company/Brand name/Vaccine type/Age approval) Answer: Spikevax is the same type and dose of vaccine that Moderna has offered throughout the pandemic, though the formulation has been updated overContinue reading “Making Sense of the COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations and Guidance”
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COVID-19 Vaccines Truth or Fiction?
If you are confused about COVID-19 vaccines, whether they are “good” or “bad”, effective or ineffective, safe or unsafe, causing more deaths than COVID-19 itself, resulting in a new epidemic of “turbo cancer” or not, and whether you should consider getting an updated vaccine when they roll out around the country next month, this blogContinue reading ” COVID-19 Vaccines Truth or Fiction?”
Science Is Under Attack
There is no question that science is under attack, and in a systematic and coordinated fashion. I have been studying this in the context of the pandemic for the past 5 years, and there were many recurring signs and patterns I could see that were tip offs that the person spreading disinformation was doing soContinue reading “Science Is Under Attack”
A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19.
A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19. My intention here is to provide you with information. With this information, you can make your own decisions about your health care. Any recommendations that I make are just that – you can choose whetherContinue reading “A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19.”
The Loss of Control of Measles in the U.S.: A Harbinger of Bad Things to Come
For the past five years, we have been seeing the impacts of decades of coordinated anti-vaccine, and more generally and more recently, anti-science campaigns on a grand scale. When writing the previous sentence, I initially used the phrase “we have been seeing the end results,” but then I replaced “end results” with “impacts.” That isContinue reading “The Loss of Control of Measles in the U.S.: A Harbinger of Bad Things to Come”
A Comprehensive Review and Update on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the U.S.
I have been writing about avian influenza since April 1st a year ago in a large number of blog posts. To understand why I have written so much about this virus and why it remains a concern to me, let’s first review information I have previously provided and then let’s discuss an update and whyContinue reading “A Comprehensive Review and Update on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the U.S.”
Idaho Legislature Votes to Make Ivermectin an Over-the-counter Medication
Kyle Pfannenstiel has excellent reporting in yesterday’s issue of the Idaho Capital Sun Idaho Legislature approves ivermectin deregulation, sending bill to governor • Idaho Capital Sun about the Idaho Legislature approving a measure to overrule federal law that requires ivermectin to be dispensed to humans pursuant to a prescription, which these Legislators believe will allowContinue reading “Idaho Legislature Votes to Make Ivermectin an Over-the-counter Medication”
Measles
What is measles? Measles is a highly contagious virus that causes infection (also called measles). Because it is so contagious, most people who have not yet been infected or vaccinated who are exposed to someone infected with the virus will develop measles. How is measles transmitted? Measles is spread by direct contact with respiratory dropletsContinue reading “Measles”
Weighing the Risk of Vaccines versus Disease
In my prior blog post on Why Get Vaccinated and How Do Vaccines Work, I tried to explain what vaccines are, how they work at a very basic level, and the benefits of vaccines that might weigh in favor of immunization for those who have no or only a rudimentary understanding of vaccines, immunology andContinue reading “Weighing the Risk of Vaccines versus Disease”
The Polio Vaccines
Polio and other vaccines have been thrust into the spotlight with a New York Times report on December 13th that was updated on the 15th by reporters Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg revealing that an attorney working with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had petitioned the government to revoke (or suspend) the FDA’s approval ofContinue reading “The Polio Vaccines”
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