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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” cover the latest COVID headlines, including news that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test rule, declaring that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had exceeded its authority.
On the same day, the court upheld vaccine mandates for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers that receive federal funds.
Polly and Mary also discussed that the World Health Organization released a statement that a vaccination strategy based on booster doses is unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable. Plus, regulators warned frequent booster shots could adversely affect the immune response.
Here are more of this week’s highlights:
- At-risk Americans will soon become eligible for their fourth COVID shot.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data from its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) showing a total of 1,033,994 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines.
- In an exclusive interview with The Defender, the mother of deceased Joseph Keating said her son’s only warning signs before he died were fatigue, muscle soreness and an increased heart rate, yet an autopsy confirmed he died of myocarditis directly caused by Pfizer’s COVID vaccine.
- In an open letter to Israel’s Ministry of Health, Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the department of microbiology and immunology at Tel Aviv University, wrote, “When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic — we told you so.” According to Mary, “It’s a very strong and very harsh letter.”
- Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., senior research scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, told Fox News vaccinating young people for COVID may cause serious neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. “We should listen to this,” said Polly.
- A rare spinal cord condition was flagged as a potential side effect of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “This is a fairly common adverse reaction to vaccines,” said Mary.
- Dr. Anthony Fauci testified to Congress about the country’s efforts to develop a pan-coronavirus vaccine, meant to combat both COVID and other similar viruses that could emerge in the coming years.
- New work by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Oxford shows that even unrelated vaccines such as measles and flu shots could help reduce the burden of the pandemic. “There’s nothing to back this up,” said Mary.
- Why shouldn’t we dance on the graves of anti-vaxxers? There may be no other way to make sure the lessons of these teachable moments are heard. “I think this is revolting,” said Mary. “This is shocking,” said Polly.
- The U.S. Marine Corps approved two requests to service members who are refusing the COVID vaccine on religious grounds, marking what are believed to be the first known religious exemptions granted across all the armed services — out of thousands of requests. “This could be the turning point,” said Polly.
- A federal judge denied a motion by the U.S. Department of Defense for a stay of discovery of evidence in an ongoing court case regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates for military service members. “This is great news,” said Mary. “Some accountability is now happening.”
- The world’s No. 1 ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, may not be able to defend his title in the Australian Open after officials canceled his visa over his failure to comply with the country’s COVID vaccine mandate.“This is not good PR for the country,” said Mary. (Update: Djokovic lost another court battle and was deported).
- Thousands of Australians not vaccinated against COVID will be banned from nearly every activity outside the home from Jan. 31, Mark McGowan announced. “He is a bully,” said Polly. “A tyrant,” said Mary.
- The Vatican tightened its COVID regulations by requiring the use of FFP2 masks inside and making vaccinations and booster shots mandatory for employees and visitors wishing to enter the Vatican Museums and gardens. “This doesn’t come as a shock but this is very demoralizing,” said Mary.
- Human rights group Amnesty International urged Italy to change tough anti-COVID restrictions to avoid discrimination against unvaccinated people. “This is significant,” said Mary.
- COVID should be treated as an endemic virus similar to flu, and ministers should end mass vaccination after the booster campaign, the former chairman of the UK’s vaccine task force said. “This is exciting,” said Mary. “The end is near.”
- The Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver British Columbia allegedly served an eviction notice on unvaccinated children with serious illness, including cancer, and their parents. “A revolting article,” said Polly.
- Quebec, which has seen the highest number of COVID-related deaths in Canada, will impose a health tax on the unvaccinated.
- A digital pass known as the SMART Health Card has a person’s name, date of birth, and the dates and brands of vaccination doses, all contained within a type of scannable bar code known as a QR code. “We need to fight against this,” said Polly. “Another road to mandates,” said Mary.
- The New York Times rejected running a full-page paid advertisement for the bestselling book “The Real Anthony Fauci,” by CHD Chairman Robert. F. Kennedy Jr.
- Suspicion, misinformation, complacency and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce alarmingly low COVID vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11, authorities said this week. “This is so patronizing to parents who have done their research,” said Polly.
- There are no studies showing Sanatech’s CRISPR gene-edited tomato, engineered to contain higher levels of a sedative substance, GABA, provides health benefits or is even safe. “These foods can be very dangerous,” said Mary.
- Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds. “The unbelievable article of the week,” said Polly.
- Join thousands at “Defeat the Mandates DC” on Jan. 23 as they peacefully march for freedom.
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