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Dr. Oz Says COVID ‘Steeled’ Him to Run for Office, Calls on Fauci to Resign
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running in Pennsylvania’s competitive U.S. Senate Republican primary, called on Dr. Anthony Fauci to resign, warning that when you “mix politics and medicine, you get politics,” and telling Fox News the COVID-19 pandemic encouraged him to run for office.
Oz, during a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), said the COVID-19 pandemic and the flawed public health messaging “steeled” him to run for office.
Oz took a swipe at the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying he took “control” during the pandemic. “When things didn’t work out the way he wanted, he began to work with the media to silence people who are raising their hands and saying we can do a better job,” Oz said. “That is really dangerous, because now, all of a sudden, everyone’s got to kowtow to one opinion.”
Tic Severity in Teens Rises With Social Media Use During Pandemic — Study Adds to Findings Linking Tics and Tic-Like Behaviors With Possible Pandemic Stress
Increased social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with tic severity and reduced quality of life, a preliminary study of young people showed.
Of 20 adolescents and young adults with tics, 85% had tic frequencies that worsened during the pandemic and 50% said social media negatively affected their tics, reported Jessica Frey, MD, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, in an abstract released in advance of the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Goes Into Liver Cells and Is Converted to DNA: Study
The messenger RNA (mRNA) from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is able to enter human liver cells and is converted into DNA, according to Swedish researchers at Lund University.
The researchers found that when the mRNA vaccine enters the human liver cells, it triggers the cell’s DNA, which is inside the nucleus, to increase the production of the LINE-1 gene expression to make mRNA.
“In this study we present evidence that COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 is able to enter the human liver cell line Huh7 in vitro,” the researchers wrote in the study, published in Current Issues of Molecular Biology. “BNT162b2 mRNA is reverse transcribed intracellularly into DNA as fast as 6 [hours] after BNT162b2 exposure.”
The whole process occurred rapidly within 6 hours. The vaccine’s mRNA converting into DNA and being found inside the cell’s nucleus is something that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said would not happen.
Vaccine Protection Against COVID Fell Substantially for Children During Omicron Surge
Many vaccinated kids experienced breakthrough infections during the Omicron surge, though protection against hospitalization remained stronger, a large new government-funded study found.
The study compared the vaccination status of children ages 5 to 17 who were treated for COVID-19 symptoms in emergency departments, urgent care centers and hospitals across 10 states between April 2021 and February 2022. Researchers reviewed records on nearly 40,000 clinic visits and 1,700 hospitalizations. The study was funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and published Tuesday in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The new study comes just a day after new data from the New York State Department of Health also found vaccine protection against COVID-19 dropped substantially for kids during the Omicron wave.
Jim Jordan Says Investigating Fauci a Priority if GOP Triumphs in Midterms
Ohio congressman Jim Jordan has listed the investigations that House Republicans should lead if they regain a majority in November’s midterms.
Speaking to Just The News during a pre-State of the Union media day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Jordan outlined three inquiries that a potential GOP-controlled House of Representatives should prioritize.
The first investigation suggested by Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, was into “all the lies [and] the misinformation, the disinformation” from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half of U.S. Thinks Coronavirus Is ‘Somewhat’ Under Control: Poll
A new poll shows that around half of all U.S. citizens think that the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided to some degree.
Forty-nine percent of participants in the poll said that they believed the COVID-19 pandemic is “somewhat under control.” Another 27% said that it was “mostly under control,” while 15% said that it was “not at all under control.” Just 6% answered that the pandemic was “completely under control.”
The poll, conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News, also gave insights into the mindset of Americans as the pandemic reaches its second year.
For Extra Protection From COVID’s Worst Effects, Look to Lifestyle Medicine
One encouraging result of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic is that it has elevated public awareness of the crisis of chronic disease — those underlying conditions so often associated with worse outcomes — and the urgent need to address it.
Six in 10 U.S. adults have a chronic disease and 4 in 10 have two or more, many of them lifestyle-related, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fortunately, for those looking to make positive lifestyle behavior changes, the growing field of lifestyle medicine can help them achieve their goals and improve their health.
Research has established a relationship between lifestyle-related health conditions and severe illness from COVID-19. One study concluded that lifestyle risk factors in combination such as smoking, physical inactivity and obesity accounted for up to 51% of severe COVID-19 cases. An underlying chronic disease can put people at 12 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19.
140 Million Americans Have Had Coronavirus, According to Blood Tests Analyzed by CDC
More than 140 million Americans have had the coronavirus, according to estimates from blood tests that reveal antibodies from infection — about double the rate regularly cited by national case counts.
The estimates, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that about 43% of the country has been infected by the virus. The study shows that the majority of children have also been infected.
The data goes through late January, when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was causing more than 500,000 cases a day, meaning the number of Americans now infected is considerably higher. The data comes from 72,000 blood samples taken in January.
The blood tests count only antibodies from natural infection, including asymptomatic cases, not from vaccination. The study measures the presence of antibodies. It does not indicate whether there is strong protection against subsequent infection.
Axios-Ipsos Poll: Biden Gets Little Credit for COVID Recovery
Americans are abandoning COVID-19 fears and precautions, a sea change in the past few weeks as severe illnesses fell, states dropped mandates and the CDC relaxed guidelines, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
As President Biden gives his State of the Union address tonight, more people feel the worst is behind them — but they aren’t giving him credit. That’s a devastating miss for a leader who won the election on his promises to move the nation beyond the pandemic.
Births Decreased in First Half of 2021, Likely Linked to Pandemic: CDC
The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday.
Researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics — a branch of the CDC — compared provisional data from the first half of 2021 to final data from the first half of 2020.
They found there were 1.74 million births between January and June of last year, a 2% decline from the 1.78 million births that occurred over the same period in 2020.
EU Drug Regulator Extends Shelf Life of J&J Vaccine to 11 Months
The European drug regulator extended the shelf life of Johnson & Johnson‘s (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine to 11 months from 4.5 months, updated product information showed on Monday.
Unopened vials of the one-shot vaccine can be stored and transported at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius (36–46 degrees Fahrenheit) for 11 months, not exceeding the printed expiry date, the European Medicines Agency’s product information said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July extended the shelf life of refrigerated J&J vaccine to 6 months from 4.5 months.
