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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 Moderna’s chief executive officer Stéphane Bancel raked in about $393 million in 2022 thanks to stock options and then received a raise on top of it — compensation that’s giving some analysts pause.

Polly and Mary also discussed that in the days leading up to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. and U.K. health officials entered into a “mutual confidentiality agreement” to keep vaccine adverse events under wraps.

Plus, Pfizer elected not to follow up the vast majority of pregnancies in the original human trials, despite high miscarriage rates in the minority they did follow.

Also on tap this week: How a tragic story of loss reveals the need for a new ethical framework for managing health.

More of this week’s highlights:

  • Terry Donohue Jenkins had a full and fulfilling life until, under pressure from her family, she got the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Now, she’s plagued by health problems and can barely run her business.
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into whether Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson engaged in gain-of-function research and misled the public about doing so, and whether the companies misrepresented the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccines. “It is great news that he is taking this on,” said Mary.
  • The number of rare, life-threatening brain abscesses in children more than tripled in Southern Nevada in 2022, and hospitals in other parts of the country also reported unusual spikes. Two doctors interviewed by The Defender explained how the timing suggests COVID-19 vaccines could be a factor.
  • Many universities nationwide are quietly dropping their COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students at the end of the spring semester. Critics say in addition to ending mandates, there must be a public conversation about the harms they caused. “This is a really important article,” said Mary. “These universities made more money from the government than tuition during COVID.”
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally loosened its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on foreign visitors. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will be able to compete at the U.S. Open this year after the mandate for international travelers ends on May 11. “This is huge, huge news,” said Polly.
  • COVID-19 “vaccination” status was not considered a private medical matter at all during 2021 and 2022, yet mainstream media want you to believe that your COVID-19 jab status is protected by medical privacy laws. “This is all part of the plan to have vaccine status globally tracked,” said Mary.
  • Brave parents are standing up to telecom giants. “We will be getting on the ground reporting this,” said Mary.
  • The World Health Organization is seeking to cement its control over global health through amendments to the international health regulations, its pandemic treaty and its One Health agenda.
  • Britons should start wearing face masks on public transport again, experts urged, as fears of the “super-infectious” COVID-19 variant Arcturus sweeps the country. “I think they are testing to see if people will comply again,” said Polly.
  • The FDA approved Pfizer’s next-generation vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease in children ages 6 weeks to 17 years. “This is absolutely tragic,” said Polly.
  • The FDA approved the first vaccine to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, amid concerns among some experts that the vaccines aren’t worth the risks.
  • Children as young as 12 in England could be given weight-loss injections.
  • Ronnie Cummins, who together with his wife, Rose Welch, founded the Organic Consumers Association and its international affiliates, Regeneration International and Vía Orgánica, died on April 26.
  • Edipeel, marketed as Apeel, is described as a colorless, odorless, tasteless coating for fruit and vegetables that’s composed of a mixture of food-grade glycerolipids derived from plant oils. A data sheet, allegedly detailing the toxic nature of this new product to extend the lifespan of produce, went viral. “These are efforts to make the food supply more genetically modified,” said Mary. “Look out for the sticker that identifies it.”
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