The entire panel is a list of leading anti-vaxxers such as Peter McCullough who continually promote fabricated bullshiat. Most have been stripped of their medical licenses in their respective countries for promoting dangerous misinformation. These clowns have been fact checked dozens of times and found to be pushing pure bunk. Let's take a look at the laughable list. •Kevin McKernan (USA) •Dr Janci Lindsay (USA) •Prof Sucharit Bhakdi (Germany) •Assoc Prof Byram Bridle (Canada) •Dr Peter McCullough (USA) •Prof Brigitte König (Germany) •Dr Jessica Rose (Canada) •Prof Alexandra Henrion-Caude (France) •Attorney Katie Ashby-Koppens (Australia) shared the legal implications of the deployment of unregulated GMO products as vaccines ================================================= SV40 is the Simian Virus 40 ("Monkey virus DNA") -- let's take a look at the facts. No, ‘monkey virus DNA’ was not found in COVID vaccines https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check/no...vid-vaccines-00000188e957d32da188e9ff1aef0000
Let's answer this for the anti-vax Covid-denying cretins out there. The answer is "No". Fact-check: Did COVID vaccine scientists accept Nobel Prize wearing face masks? https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/...entists-accept-nobel-prize-wearing-face-masks
Let's take a look at more recent nonsense from anti-vax Covid-denier nutcases. Report falsely claims Covid vaccines killed 17 million worldwide https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/2122547.html Public health authorities say the Covid-19 vaccines have saved lives, but a Canadian report shared across platforms estimates the shots have killed 17 million people globally. This is false; government agencies and independent experts worldwide told AFP the findings are flawed and that only a minuscule percentage of deaths among the vaccinated can be attributed to the jabs. "Researchers Find COVID Vaccines Causally Linked to Increased Mortality, Estimate 17 Million Deaths," says a September 28, 2023 headline from the Epoch Times, a website that has previously spread misinformation about vaccination and the pandemic. The article accumulated more than 3,400 interactions on Facebook, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. Similar claims circulated on other conspiratorial websites, including InfoWars and Children's Health Defense -- both of which AFP has previously fact-checked. US politicians, internet personalities and other social media users shared the headlines to thousands more on Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. "Shhhhhh… (Told ya so!)" says James T Harris, a radio host in the US state of Arizona, in an October 2 post sharing the Epoch Times story. The articles are the latest to cast doubt on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines, which more than five billion people worldwide have received (archived here). As evidence, they cite a September 17, 2023 report from a Canadian group called Correlation Research in the Public Interest. The paper -- which has not been peer-reviewed -- analyzes all-cause mortality and vaccination rates in 17 countries in the Southern Hemisphere to claim the Covid-19 vaccines kill roughly one in 800 recipients. "This is a staggering number, compared to what is generally believed about traditional vaccines," the authors say in the conclusion. The ratio "equates to 17 million Covid-19 vaccine-related deaths worldwide," the Epoch Times reported. But Tarik Jasarevic, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson, told AFP in an October 3 email that the claims "are not correct." Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, agreed, saying the findings "represent a major distortion of the actual data." "All-cause mortality spikes are likely due to the virus surging during certain periods and have nothing to do with booster campaigns," he said in an October 3 email. Flawed paper Correlation Research in the Public Interest claims that, in the countries analyzed in its report, "there is no association in time between Covid-19 vaccination and any proportionate reduction in (all-cause mortality)." The group bases that conclusion on figures from the World Mortality Dataset, Our World in Data and a few other regional sources. The authors accurately note that excess deaths -- those recorded in a crisis beyond what would have been expected in a "normal" year -- rose in early 2022 after an uptake in Covid-19 vaccination. But Oliver Watson, a visiting researcher in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, told AFP that instead of proving Covid-19 shots cause death, the report simply "correlates vaccine rollout with increases in mortality" without accounting for other events that could have caused the spikes. "For example, they include a number of 'zero covid' countries, eg Singapore and New Zealand, which implemented strong lockdowns that prevented Covid-19 spreading," he said in an October 4 email. "These countries, once they reached high vaccine coverage, relaxed lockdowns and subsequently had an increase in Covid-19 deaths and mortality, as the vaccines are not 100 percent effective nor did they achieve 100 percent coverage." Australia, another country that pursued a "zero-Covid" strategy, saw significant excess mortality near the end of 2021 as the omicron variant surged, AFP previously reported. The paper shared online also focuses solely on the Southern Hemisphere, which Tara Moriarty of the University of Toronto said "had really high rates of all-cause mortality before vaccines came out." That trend continued after the rollout in the United States and Europe, the infectious disease researcher added, because many countries "didn't have access to vaccines." Excess deaths unrelated to vaccines There were several global spikes in excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic (archived here). But AFP has previously reported that Covid-19 infections, not vaccines, are to blame. "If anything, the vaccines likely reduced mortality over the course of the last couple of years," said Richard Watanabe, professor of population and public health sciences at the University of Southern California, in an October 3 email. A June 2022 study published in The Lancet found that, within the first year of the vaccine rollout, the shots saved an estimated 19.8 million lives worldwide (archived here). Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show those who receive booster shots are far less likely to die from Covid-19 than their unvaccinated peers (archived here). On the other hand, confirmed deaths resulting from vaccination are rare. In Australia, for example, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has identified 14 deaths likely linked to the shots out of more than 68 million doses administered (archived here). "Importantly, there is no credible evidence that Covid-19 vaccines have contributed to excess deaths in Australia," an agency spokesperson told AFP in an October 5 email. "The number of vaccine doses administered in 2022 was approximately half that given in 2021, which clearly indicates that there is not a temporal relationship between vaccination and excess mortality." Meanwhile, in South Africa, public health authorities have found three deaths resulting from Covid-19 shots of more than 38 million doses administered (archived here). Similar numbers are reported in other countries cited in the Correlation Research in the Public Interest report, including New Zealand and Singapore (archived here and here). National health authorities and the WHO are monitoring rare side effects resulting from Covid-19 vaccination, including thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome and myocarditis -- inflammation of the heart muscle. But the CDC says on its website (archived here) that those who receive the shots "are at no greater risk of death from non-Covid causes than unvaccinated people." AFP contacted public health agencies in several other countries mentioned in the Correlation Research in the Public Interest report, but responses were not forthcoming. AFP has fact-checked other false and misleading claims about vaccines here.
Let's see the latest nonsense being shoveled by anti-vax Covid-denier nutcases... Claim: “Dr. Fauci doesn’t exist!” Dr. Anthony Fauci exists, contrary to social media claims https://www.politifact.com/factchec...hony-fauci-exists-contrary-to-social-media-c/ Dr. Anthony Fauci, former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, advised both Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, he was an advisor to seven presidents — Republicans and Democrats — and their administrations on domestic and global health issues. But is he "fake"? A recent Instagram post claims as much. And not just figuratively speaking. "Dr. Fauci doesn’t exist!" an Oct. 31 Instagram post says. "Fauci was not on Larry King Live during the ‘AIDS’ epidemic." This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.) First, we found two appearances Fauci made on CNN’s "Larry King Live" during the AIDS epidemic. In August 1992, he was the guest on an episode titled "Latest Medical Dilemma — A New Strain of AIDS." In December 1993, he was on an episode titled "AIDS — The Risks of ‘Casual Contact.’" Second, claims that Fauci doesn’t exist are unfounded. Such a cover-up would require the complicity of seven presidential administrations, dozens of reporters who have interviewed him over the years, colleagues at the National Institutes of Health — of which the National Institute of Allergy Infectious Diseases is a part — and his high school basketball team. He was team captain in the 1950s. Such a conspiracy would also stretch back decades, to before Fauci was a public figure and a pandemic-era bogeyman for some Americans. We rate claims Fauci is a fictional person Pants on Fire!
A COVID-19 vaccine reckoning is coming for the DOJ over federal mandates The Justice Department has just posted a new jobs ad — it’s looking for eight new attorneys to defend the federal government in vaccine injury cases. Presumably, the hiring spree is in anticipation of a surge of COVID vaccine lawsuits, as people who were forced by government mandates to take the jab, and suffered serious side effects as a result, try to extract compensation from a system that is stacked against them. “The office is currently expanding to address workload created by an increase in cases filed under the Vaccine Act,” reads the ad posted by the Torts Branch of the DOJ on the USAJobs website. The recruitment drive comes on the heels of a little-noticed lawsuit filed in Louisiana last month by six vaccine-injured plaintiffs against the federal government. The suit aims to overturn the legal immunity that pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer and Moderna enjoy on their COVID shots. Meanwhile, almost 13,000 Americans who claim the COVID vaccine caused them or their dead loved ones adverse reactions — such as the life-threatening heart ailment myocarditis or the debilitating immune disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome — remain in limbo after doing what they were told was “the right thing”: heeding government mandates to submit to the jab. The unaccountable, understaffed government tribunal that presides over the so-called Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), for vaccines administered under emergency measures, is a “kangaroo court,” says the lawsuit filed by attorney Aaron Siri, partner at New York firm Siri & Glimstad. “The CICP is akin to a Potemkin village … an elaborate façade designed to hide an undesirable reality. “Claims are consistently lost, ignored, denied, or caught up in the years-long purgatory of government bureaucracy. The compensation, if any, is neither timely nor adequate.” Just six people had been compensated by October this year, of more than 12,775 COVID injury claims submitted to the CICP since Jan. 31, 2020, when the Trump administration declared a public health emergency. Those lucky people reportedly received an average of $2,148 each https://nypost.com/2023/11/12/opini...coming-for-the-doj-over-federal-gov-mandates/
NY Times says school COVID closures may be ‘most damaging disruption’ to kids’ education in U.S. history The Times lamented the learning losses stemming from the closures after pushing for the closures during the pandemic's height
That's not exactly what the context the actual NYT article provided. Maybe you should provide the actual article next time instead of the Fox News headline. The NY Times opinion article laments that the federal funding to address the learning loss during the pandemic runs out in 2024. Failure to renew the funding will halt any attempt to reverse the learning setbacks.
Athletes, Vaccines and Cardiac Deaths https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-general-science/athletes-vaccines-and-cardiac-deaths Fortunately, we don’t have to speculate about whether young athletes are dying or not. We can simply check. It beggars belief, but I still sometimes hear people claim that waves of young athletes have died suddenly after being vaccinated. It is a pervasive hoax and still repeated by people to express doubts about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Fortunately, we don’t have to speculate about whether young athletes are dying or not. We can simply check. A recent publication in the journal Circulation has documented trends in sudden cardiac death in young athletes over the past 20 years. They reviewed records from the NCAA, the Parent Heart Watch Database, the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research and insurance claims. The student athletes had to be enrolled in Division 1, 2 or 3 schools in the U.S. and play at least one varsity sport. This report is important for a number of reasons. It demonstrates that sudden death among athletes is fairly rare. Over 20 years, there were 1,102 deaths in these student athletes, with sudden cardiac death being the cause in 143 cases. Sadly, accidents, suicide and homicide still made the majority of deaths in this age group. Of these 143 deaths, 118 were verified using autopsy or other records. Many athletes had normal hearts on autopsy but most had hypertrophy (a thickened heart muscle) while two died of commotio cordis (a blow to the chest that caused an arrhythmia). Ten athletes had congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries. Eight had myocarditis, but all but one case happened before the pandemic, and that case was a type of myocarditis that was unrelated to either COVID-19 infection or vaccination. Contrary to popular mythology, the notion that waves of young people developed myocarditis and then suddenly dropped dead mid-game is not based in reality. More important, the incidence of sudden cardiac death among athletes has gone down over the past 20 years. It has not been increasing and there was no spike in cases after the introduction of the vaccine. The reason for the decrease is the subject of some debate. Some believe pre-participation screening protocols are responsible for preventing sudden cardiac death, but others credit the increased prevalence of defibrillators and other emergency plans with saving lives. In other words, athletes may still experience cardiac events but the timely application of a defibrillator will prevent a fatal cardiac arrest. Given that both of these things have occurred simultaneously, it may not be possible to tease out if one has been a greater contributor than the other. The presence of defibrillators in sport facilities and public events is undeniably critical. The case of Damar Hamlin, the NFL player who suffered a cardiac arrest mid-game due to commotio cordis, demonstrates how a rapid intervention can save lives. Pre-participation screening is more controversial because there is disagreement on how that screening should be carried out. The NCAA in the U.S. mandates pre-participation screening, but not the routine use of electrocardiograms. Routine ECGs are more common in European sports programs. There remains no clear consensus on whether ECGs should be added to routine screening with a patient interview and physical examination. Despite the decrease in sudden cardiac deaths over time, some important differences remain. Young men are at higher risk than young women and black athletes are at higher risk than white athletes. Of all the sports, basketball players had the highest risk of sudden cardiac death. One might be tempted to posit the increased risk is due to the fact that more men play basketball than women, but even after adjusting for both sex and race, the higher risk remained. Competitive sports can lead to sudden death especially in someone with an undiagnosed cardiac issue. But if someone tries to tell you young people are dropping dead during sport events, you should reply that while this has always been true, the rates are going down, not up. Science is on your side with this one.
B1S2 or one of his fellow flat earthers might debunk this article by posting "false" or "common sense says this article is wrong". So I await the verdicts of these experts to draw my conclusion on this.
Let's see who demented anti-vaxxers are going after now... ‘Horrific crimes against humanity’: Anti-vaxxers are going after Dolly Parton after Dallas Cowboys performance https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dolly-parton-dallas-cowboys-anti-vaxxers-attack/ Country music legend Dolly Parton is on yet another high after performing at the halftime show for the Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders football game on Thanksgiving. But the performance has garnered negative attention from an unlikely crowd: anti-vaxxers. The 77-year-old cultural icon took the stage at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday and sang some of her most popular songs, including “Jolene” and “9 to 5.” Parton, who recently released a new album titled Rockstar, received widespread praise across social media. The moment, however, was quickly interrupted by anti-vaccine advocates who were quick to remind the public of Parton’s involvement in the COVID-19 shot. As noted by one user on X, Parton back in 2020 donated $1 million to the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in order to aid in the development of the shot. Although the generous donation received massive applause, anti-vaxxers are now demanding Parton give the same amount of cash to those who claim to have been harmed by the jab. The post, which has been viewed more than 326,000 times, specifically calls on the singer to provide funds to an organization known as React19. The group describes itself as “a science-based nonprofit offering financial, physical, and emotional support for those suffering from long-term COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.” React19 is one of numerous groups and individuals that have challenged the constitutionality of the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is the only available avenue for those seeking compensation for injuries allegedly caused by the vaccine. The open letter to Parton has since been making the rounds in conspiratorial circles, where some have accused Parton of “crimes against humanity.” “@DolyParton is guilty of these crimes. [F]or being directly complicit in funding and marketing it,” one user frantically said. “Nothing can stop what is coming for those who perpetrated these crimes. NOBODY!” Some even went as far as to accuse Parton of being responsible for killing countless people due to her charitable efforts. “This is the one and only thing Dolly Parton should be remembered for,” another said. “The mass murder of American citizens.” And while no medical intervention is without risk, studies have repeatedly shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly safe. Parton’s popularity also led many to criticize the post. Several users noted that the anti-vaccine crowd has repeatedly attempted to blame the jab for a range of injuries and deaths that ultimately had nothing to do with the shot itself. “All medicines can have side effects,” one user responded. “The fact you lot blame every single thing from suicides to accidents on vaccines is helping no one. Perhaps you should look in the mirror first.” Some from the anti-vaccine crowd defended Parton as well by stating that her intentions were pure. “Alright just in Dolly’s defense she does actual charity work for alot of things,” an X user replied. “She didn’t know this vaccine was going to be poison.” Regardless, it’s unlikely Parton will in any way respond to the demands being made online. And it’s even more unlikely that Parton’s universal favorability will in any way be tarnished by such complaints.