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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president, and Polly Tommey, CHD.TV programming manager, covered the latest headlines on COVID-19, Big Pharma and other issues, including news that COVID-19 vaccines are now included in the list of routinely recommended vaccines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two-shot primary series mRNA COVID-19 vaccine has been added to the schedule for both children and adults.
Polly and Mary also discussed that a new peer-reviewed study found a positive statistical correlation between infant mortality rates and the number of vaccine doses received by babies — confirming findings made by the same researchers a decade ago.
Plus, in the first of what is expected to be multiple hearings on the Biden administration’s response to COVID-19, Republicans grilled top U.S. health officials with questions about masking and social distancing, vaccine mandates, vaccine safety and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding of gain-of-function research.
Also on tap this week: Official U.K. statistics show that “just SEVENTY-FIVE Brits” have been killed by COVID-19 vaccines.
More of this week’s highlights:
- One of Biden’s top COVID-19 advisers believes “vaccine critics ‘quietly’ got jabbed on the side.”
- Is the viral wave of COVID-19 vaccine-induced symptoms real, fake or something else entirely? The Independent asks. “This is a horrible, disturbing situation brewing here,” said Polly.
- COVID-19 vaccines are no longer mandatory for New York City employees. “We are encouraged that they are starting to realize how serious this is,” said Mary.
- The bird flu outbreak is apparently the deadliest one in almost 10 years, and while infection in humans is rare, some experts are gravely concerned it could eventually make the leap and spread among humans. U.S. health officials are considering using vaccines in poultry to stem the outbreak. “There’s a media frenzy on this,” said Polly.
- The recent spillover of bird flu to mammals led the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn that while the risk to humans currently remains low, it cannot be assumed that this will remain the case. A bird flu expert calls for work to start on a vaccine for humans. “They are telling us that this is the next thing to watch out for,” said Mary. “This may be an intentional pandemic.”
- The outbreak of avian influenza has claimed the lives of thousands of wild birds in Colorado. “I don’t buy it at all,” said Polly.
- Six wild ducks found dead in a stream in Winthrop, Maine, tested positive for bird flu.
- Flucelvax Quadrivalent is the only influenza vaccine in use in the U.S. for which the vaccine viruses are grown in a culture of dog kidney cells. “Each dose contains these dog kidney proteins,” said Polly. “This is a massive warning to everyone out there.”
- Scientists at the University of Georgia said they developed a vaccine that should be able to protect against a variety of dangerous fungi. In animal studies, the vaccine prevented severe infections and deaths from three types of fungi that often cause opportunistic illness in people. The team now plans to start early human trials.
- Primatologist Jane Goodall joined more than 380 scientists who urged the NIH to review and end funding for “cruel experiments” on macaque monkeys, some of which involve implanting electrodes in the animals’ brains. “I was troubled that they are implanting chips in the monkey brains,” said Mary. “This is where they want to go.”
- A review of more than 6 million medical records found exposure to antibiotics may increase your risk of developing Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, two main types of inflammatory bowel disease. “This gives me hope that the dose-dependent relationship will change,” said Mary.
- Proponents of the “15-minute city” say it will reduce emissions and improve residents’ quality of life, but critics say the concept, supported by the World Economic Forum, is discriminatory and will lead to “climate lockdowns.” “I learned that they are contemplating these lockdowns that will last several years,” said Mary.
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