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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense president, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” covered the latest headlines on COVID-19, Big Pharma and other issues, including news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) colluded with Moderna to bypass COVID vaccine safety requirements.

Polly and Mary also discussed that the release of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine documents by the FDA reveals three more reports of deaths among vaccine trial participants and more instances of Pfizer listing injuries as “not related” to the vaccine.

Plus, top health experts are quitting leading health agencies because they are “embarrassed by bad science,” including the decision to vaccinate young children against COVID-19.

Also on tap this week: The former Pfizer vice-president discussed why he believes the pharmaceutical industry knew all along that the COVID-19 vaccines wouldn’t work.

More of this week’s highlights:

  • An 11-year-old girl died from cardiac arrest in France. This news comes in the same week that a 13-year-old died from myocarditis and an 8-year-old boy died following receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. “Children don’t just keel over and die,” said Mary. “This is disturbing.”
  • Guitarist Jeff Diamond described having eight fingers amputated and losing his singing voice after developing blood clots about a week after getting the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
  • COVID-19 spread is “far from over” according to the United Nations. “They think we are stupid,” said Mary.
  • The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak. He asked China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus. “This is absurd to me,” said Mary.
  • Low demand for young children’s COVID-19 vaccines is alarming doctors.
  • Could the nation’s favorite drink be causing blood clots?
  • A U.S. Army doctor suspended for writing COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for service members explained why he believes the mandates must end. “This is very interesting and very disturbing,” said Mary.
  • A federal judge in Ohio put a temporary stop to the U.S. Air Force kicking out thousands of service members who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. “The tide is turning,” said Mary.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to the White House after battling COVID and urged people to wear masks and get booster shots. “This has to be dangerous,” said Polly.
  • Los Angeles County is on the verge of a new indoor mask mandate. Masks are now required indoors at San Diego school districts and offices.
  • The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Portrayed as a more “traditional” vaccine that could sway the unvaxxed, some experts said it’s not as “safe” as FDA claims.
  • A new filing with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) revealed Amazon is developing a vaccine for skin cancer and certain breast cancers, as it sets its sights on a piece of a multi-billion-dollar industry.
  • Cases of monkeypox are increasing in the U.S. but there are “not enough vaccines” to prevent its spread. “Keep an eye on this everybody,” said Polly.
  • Authorities warned of an infection that’s been circulating among babies in the U.S. Called parechovirus, which can cause severe illness in very young infants.
  • Moderna began the dosing of a Nipah virus mRNA vaccine.
  • Research suggests sugar can trigger reward and craving states in your brain similar to addictive drugs, and lead to brain-related health issues such as depression, learning disorders, memory problems and overeating. “It is a drug,” said Mary.
  • The public is not being told the truth about cellphone radiation. “I love that CHD is covering this,” said Polly.
  • A little-known warning from the manufacturer hidden within your cellphone manual advises you to keep the device at a certain distance from your body to ensure you don’t exceed federal safety limits for radiofrequency exposure. “Check this one out as well,” said Polly.
  • Outbreaks from animals in Africa surged by 60% in the last decade.
  • Bill Gates “plays God” and genetically engineers both farm animals and crops, naming them Super. “This is insane,” said Mary. “This is not going to end well.”
  • Manufacturing plants continue to burn down in mysterious fires. “This is an amazingly well-done article,” said Mary.
  • From bread to milk to chicken wings, inflation is squeezing the grocery bills of consumers and businesses.
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