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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president on leave, and Polly Tommey, CHD.TV programming manager, covered the latest headlines on COVID-19, Big Pharma and other issues, including news that the U.S. Department of Defense and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a little-known federal agency, bypassed normal regulatory processes for the review of COVID-19 vaccines. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests revealed that government contracts with COVID-19 vaccine makers enabled these agencies to skip standard procedures in the distribution of COVID-19 countermeasures.
Polly and Mary also discussed a report from Science, one of the world’s top scientific journals, that acknowledged the link between autoimmune disease and COVID-19 vaccination. The article’s authors wrote of rising rates of small fiber sensory neuropathy and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, which are associated with COVID-19 and other vaccines, including Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil.
According to a 2022 paper, COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produce G-quadruplexes and microRNAs that can lead to prion disease and the effect becomes significantly worse after the second dose of the Pfizer shot. Researcher Adam Gaertner, who conducted a review of the literature which confirmed the link, discovered a mechanism he said protects against the damage caused by the vaccine.
Also on tap this week: Google updated its privacy policy to allow for the unlimited collection of information, also known as data harvesting, as it builds its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Meanwhile, experts are warning of the threat that AI poses to humanity.
More of this week’s highlights:
- The European Union (EU) revealed its plan to uphold access to vaccines through EU FAB, a “network of vaccine producers for future health emergencies” with the capacity to produce over 320 million annual vaccine doses. Mary told viewers the “disturbing” strategic placement of the manufacturing facilities in communities as it relates to “compensation and income streams.”
- New York announced plans to shut down its $64 million COVID-19 vaccine app, which regulated users’ vaccination and COVID-19 infection status. Launched in 2021, this mobile application had over 11 million users.
- Why did Australia discontinued the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12? Along with other EU countries, the removal of these shots in Australia “goes against the government regulators’ own interests,” commented Mary.
- In Shanghai, Moderna signed a deal for the research, development and manufacturing of mRNA products. “They’re manic,” Polly responded, after reading of the potential $1 billion to be made from the first investment.
- Who is Dr. Paul Offit, and what significance does his Tweet about vaccines and placebos have? Mary answered these questions by explaining the components of clinical studies and how using non-inert placebos can “mask harmful side effects.”
- In New Brunswick, Canada, cases of a “mysterious,” sometimes fatal brain disorder are on the rise, including in the younger population. Mary and Polly discussed pesticide use in the affected area and the high levels of glyphosate found in local patients’ blood.
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust announced funding plans for a Phase 3 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine clinical trial of 26,000 people at 50 sites in Africa and Southeast Asia over the next four to six years. Mary mentioned “nutrition, ventilation, sanitation” as existing strategies for treating and preventing diseases such as TB, and discussed the results of the Phase 2 trials, which had a 54% efficacy rate.
- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, after leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Wall Street Journal she hopes Americans will make health decisions based on “their own risk assessment and their own personal risks, but not through politics,” emphasizing that public health recommendations also shouldn’t be politicized. Some called out Walensky’s false statements and politicized decision-making during her two years at the helm of the CDC.
- The Biden administration said it will appeal a landmark censorship ruling limiting key agencies’ and officials’ outreach to social media. Mary shared the legal details of this case, explaining what led up to the suit, its implications for organizations like CHD and how mainstream media pushed back against the decision.
- A new study warns that gene editing of human embryos could cause unintended changes, such as mutations or the loss of an entire chromosome. Scientists discovered another potential harm from using this technology: difficulty in repairing DNA damage that results from the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing process.
- The popular artificial sweetener aspartame is set to be listed as a potential carcinogen by the World Health Organization. “Most people have no idea” what they are consuming, expressed Polly.
- According to a new study, benzodiazepines — including Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Klonopin — are linked to severe, long-term side effects including low energy, memory loss, insomnia, muscle weakness and more — even if you stop taking them. Over 50% of users also reported suicide attempts or suicidal thoughts.
- A biotech company developed an anti-mite RNA beehive treatment, using similar technology as Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot. How this will impact our pollinator populations is not known.
- Smart devices are damaging children’s brains. Premature thinning of the brain cortex, lower test scores and addictive behaviors are just a handful of the harmful effects of using these technologies.
- The largest genetically modified (GM) salmon farm plans to resume construction in August, further threatening human health and the environment. GM fish have the capacity to grow at double the rate of their natural counterparts, which makes them more profitable for food producers. This technology raises questions about the labeling of GM products.
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