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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense president, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” cover the latest COVID headlines, including the latest Vaccine Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System data showing a total of 1,053,830 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines, and death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing excess deaths increased by more than 40% among Americans 18 to 49 years old.

Polly and Mary also discussed reports that a majority of Democrats embrace restrictive policies, including punitive measures against the unvaccinated. Plus, a federal judge in Texas blocked President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers.

Also on tap this week: A New York judge ruled Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to reinstate the state’s mask mandate is unlawful and “therefore void and unenforceable.”

Here are more of this week’s highlights:

  • Mary called World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan’s statement that “there’s no evidence right now” to suggest healthy children and adolescents need booster shots “rather extraordinary. Terrific news.”
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could authorize  Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine for children under 5 in the next month.
  • Nearly 4,000 Kaiser Permanente patients were warned they may have received an insufficient dose of COVID vaccines. “Everything in this piece should petrify everybody,” said Polly.
  • People previously infected with COVID were better protected against the Delta variant than those who were vaccinated alone, suggesting natural immunity was a more potent shield than vaccines against that variant, California and New York health officials reported. “This blows me away,” said Mary.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for private businesses left companies like Starbucks and Carhartt scrambling to decide whether they should abandon the mandate or force their employees to be vaccinated.“Interesting situation,” said Polly.
  • A top Florida public health official was put on administrative leave as officials investigate whether he violated a state ban by emailing employees about their low vaccination rate and urging them to get shots. “I’m really happy to see Florida standing up,” said Mary.
  • Europe considers a new COVID strategy: acceptance. “This is what has been done for centuries,” said Mary. “It’s common sense.”

  • Most legal restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in England will be dropped next week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British Parliament.
  • In England, Sajid Javid said he will abandon COVID passes as the Omicron surge recedes. “Stay cautious,” said Mary.
  • Mandatory vaccines for England’s National Health Service staff could be pushed back by half a year, following nationwide protests over the requirement. “It’s very exciting,” said Mary.
  • The Czech government scrapped a decree making COVID vaccinations mandatory for key professionals and over-60s to avoid “deepening fissures” in society. “The protests they had there must have made a massive impact,” said Polly.
  • Canadian truck drivers opposed to vaccine mandates are participating in “The Convoy for Freedom,” a cross-country protest. The truckers are driving from the country’s westernmost province, British Columbia, thousands of miles east, towards Ottawa. “This is power, and they are using it,” said Mary.
  • A lawsuit against Bill Gates, the Indian government and others, citing extensive case law, is attracting renewed scrutiny of Gates and his long-term, controversial involvement in India’s vaccine program. “I think this is really interesting,” said Mary. “This is a fantastic article, I highly recommend people read it.”
  • The new federal labeling law for foods containing genetically modified organisms is sure to create confusion and make it burdensome for consumers to know if the foods they eat contain genetically modified ingredients. Will a lawsuit be able to change that? “You need to be really careful,” said Polly. “You need to be fully aware of what you are eating.”
  • More than 30,000 people attended the “Defeat the Mandates” rally in DC, calling for an end to vaccine mandates and government overreach. “This will give you goosebumps,” said Polly. “We have to wake up to the threat before us,” said Mary.

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