Health and Policy

08/10/2025

This attached article is about what is one of the concerns of Secretary Kennedy that vaccines could create a medium for virus mutation Below is AI summary of the article and I attached the article
The article is "Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens"

Why Vaccine Design Matters
Some vaccines stop people from getting sick but don’t fully block the spread of germs. That can be helpful—but in rare cases, it might let stronger, more dangerous versions of a virus survive and spread.
A study in chickens showed that when a vaccine didn’t stop infection, it allowed a deadly virus to keep circulating. Scientists are now watching closely to make sure human vaccines don’t accidentally help harmful germs evolve.
💡 The takeaway for families: Vaccines are powerful tools, but they work best when they protect both the person and the community. That’s why scientists keep improving them—to make sure they’re safe, strong, and stop the spread.

A study using Marek's disease virus in poultry shows that by reducing natural selection against highly virulent strains, imperfect vaccination enables the spread of viral strains that would otherwise be too lethal to persist.

08/10/2025

I am reading "Booster Shot and the history measles and the development of the vaccine. Secretary Kennedy is not fan of vaccination and I think this video shows how long it took to develop. Sec Kennedy is critical about COVID 19 vaccine but warts and all it was develop and available in less than a year, saving millions of lives. find develop and implement for measles, It took years to make the measles vaccine. mRNA technology is the best we have now I hope w keep making vaccines that are needed. too K
This old film but it shows how much progress was made with mRNA vaccines.

This film illustrates the isolation, creation, and early distribution of the measles vaccine, including the historical background of virology. Included are d...

08/04/2025

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/.../123060985.cms...

VA Staff including Doctors and Nurses are leaving in large numbers maybe hoping to find a better job before the proposed 240000 job cut by this administration

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08/01/2025

Trying to use this method to communicate vaccine necessity to children of all ages, it is a first attempt using Copilot for this video

06/18/2025

Using Aerosolized Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl) to Decrease H5N1 Transmission in Dairy Operations and Prevent Injuries to Staff and Animals from Traditional Disinfectants
Dennis Graham, RN NP PhD

I have been advocating the switch to HOCL from traditional biosecurity and cleaning in hospitals after COVID 19 which is more effective can be safely aerosolized. The potential for injury to staff and patients from the traditional disinfectants used is well documented in the literature. CVH also recognizes that H5N1 could become a pandemic affecting humans and other animals. Veterans suffered greatly during COVID 19 with 124,000 fatalities, if H5N1 affects this group it has been estimated 240,000 could perish. I believe that trying to treat the dairy outbreak with HOCL could be a first step in preventing H5N1 spread.

https://1drv.ms/b/c/6408697ae2309ee0/ESEsJ6Ij9W1GmbkAte_KzPIBZE4Y3RJPD4DmfWSo7QifdA?e=yg4WP4

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06/04/2025

This data chart is going around the internet and here is another view of what the facts are. The chart you provided makes **serious claims** about drug and vaccine safety and attributes them to **FDA and CDC data**, particularly VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System). However, this **visual is misleading and lacks critical context.** Here's a breakdown of what’s wrong or misrepresented:

**What is VAERS?**

VAERS is a **passive surveillance system** jointly managed by the CDC and FDA. It **collects unverified reports** of adverse events following vaccination **from anyone**, including:

* Healthcare providers
* Patients or family members
* Lawyers or advocacy groups

⚠️ **Important**: A report to VAERS **does not prove causation**. The CDC itself warns:

“VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness.”

1. **Misuse of VAERS Data**:

* It treats **raw report numbers as confirmed cases**, which is inaccurate.
* VAERS entries are **not reviewed for accuracy or medical validity** before appearing in the database.

2. **Cherry-picked Timeframes**:

* The data spans different time periods (e.g., 1996–2021 for ivermectin vs. 6 months for COVID vaccines), **making comparisons invalid**.
* COVID vaccine numbers reflect a short window during **mass vaccination of hundreds of millions** of people.

3. **No normalization for dose volume**:

* **Tylenol** is taken billions of times yearly. COVID vaccines had over **676 million doses administered** in the U.S. alone.
* No attempt is made to calculate **rate per million doses**, the scientifically accepted method for safety comparison.

4. **Deaths within 1–2 days post-vaccination ≠ vaccine-caused deaths**:

* Older adults were prioritized early in the COVID vaccine rollout. Many deaths occurred **coincidentally due to underlying conditions**, not the vaccine.

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# # # ✅ **What the Real Government Data Says**

* **CDC and FDA safety monitoring** through VAERS, V-safe, and the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) has found **COVID-19 vaccines to be overwhelmingly safe.**
* The **most common side effects** are mild (fatigue, headache, fever).
* Serious adverse events are **extremely rare**, such as: ***Anaphylaxis**: \~5 cases per million doses
***Myocarditis**: Slight increase in young males, but most recover fully
***Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)**: \~3 per million for J\&J vaccine
# 📚 Authoritative Sources:

* [CDC VAERS Official Info](https://www.cdc.gov/vaers/index.html)
* [CDC COVID Vaccine Safety Monitoring](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety.html)
* [FDA Adverse Event Reporting](https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/vaers-overview)

# # # 🧾 Conclusion the data in this chart is not reliable or correctly interpreted.** It misuses government databases by presenting **raw, unverified reports as confirmed, causal outcomes**, and it ignores standard practices in epidemiology such as **adjusting for exposure and validating events**.

06/02/2025

A ‘one big beautiful’ bill quiz
By Robert B. Reich
(Answers are in parentheses, but first try to answer without looking at them.)
1. Does the House’s “one big beautiful bill” cut Medicare? (Answer: Yes, by an estimated $500 billion.)
2. Because the bill cuts Medicaid, how many Americans are expected to lose Medicaid coverage? (At least 8.6 million.)
3. Will the tax cut in the bill benefit the rich, the poor, or everyone? What do you think ? (Overwhelmingly, the rich.)
4. How much will the top 0.1% of earners stand to gain from it? (Nearly $390,000 per year.)
5. If you figure in the benefit cuts and the tax cuts, will Americans making between about $17,000 and $51,000 gain or lose? (They’ll lose about $700 a year.)
6. How about Americans with incomes less than $17,000? (They’ll lose more than $1,000 per year on average.)
7. How much will the bill add to the federal debt? ($3.8 trillion over 10 years.)
8. Who will pay the interest on this extra debt? (All of us, in both our tax payments and higher interest rates for mortgages, car loans, and all other longer-term borrowing.)
9. Who collects this interest? (People who lend to the U.S. government, 70% of whom are American and most of whom are wealthy.)
10. Bonus question: Is the $400 million airplane from Qatar a gift to the United States for every future president to use, or a gift to Trump for his own personal use? (It’s a personal gift, because he’ll get to use it after he leaves the presidency.)
Many Americans are strongly opposed to all of these things, according to polls.
Content from Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of “The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It.”

05/23/2025

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.1164/rccm.202306-1036OC?role=tab
This is the original article on the new sleep apnea drug. More testing needed.

05/23/2025

https://www.science.org/content/article/sleep-apnea-pill-shows-striking-success-large-clinical-trial?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScienceAdviser&utm_content=distillation&et_rid=1028465421&et_cid=5624051

Interesting new drug that may help many who cannot tolerate the mask and machine. I do not know the possible side-effects or other limitations

Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission

05/23/2025

https://apnews.com/article/memorial-day-meaning-origin-048c817cd6b2dc2f728415b44385b2ee

On this upcoming solemn Memorial Day, we also need to remember the surviving families and those veterans who need our care.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.

05/09/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/health/bird-flu-airborne-covid.html
Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne?
The article explores growing concerns among scientists that H5N1 bird flu may evolve to spread through the air, similar to COVID-19. After the delayed recognition of airborne COVID transmission, researchers now aim to proactively understand how H5N1 avian influenza might become airborne — a shift that could spark a future pandemic.
🔍 Key Points:
• Airborne Threat History: Experts like Dr. Lidia Morawska warned early in 2020 that COVID-19 was airborne, but these concerns were initially ignored. WHO officially recognized it as airborne over two years later.
• Current Bird Flu Spread: H5N1 has infected birds, dairy cows, and at least 66 people in the U.S. Some infections may stem from aerosolized droplets during milking or handling infected animals.
• Airborne Potential in Lab:
o Studies in ferrets showed that a few mutations could allow H5N1 to transmit through the air.
o Engineered H5N1 strains with those mutations spread via aerosols in 3 out of 4 trials.
• Uncertainty in Humans: Although air sampling studies and college dorm experiments indicate influenza can be airborne, it’s still unclear how often this happens versus other transmission methods (e.g., touch, coughs).
• Recent Mutations in Cattle Strain:
o A Texas dairy worker was infected with a mutated H5N1 virus that replicated efficiently in airways.
o Ferret studies showed airborne transmission of this strain in 30% of cases.
• Global Vigilance: Scientists are watching for more mutations. With H5N1 now infecting cows, cats, and humans, many fear evolution toward full airborne transmissibility is only a matter of time.
🧬 Expert Quote:
“What’s shocking to me is we’re letting nature do this experiment.” — Dr. Seema Lakdawala, Emory University

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

05/09/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/youcanknowthings/p/rfk-jr-and-the-rise-of-a-new-form?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This is an interesting article that explains the true nature the 'germ theory" which has been weakened by assuming that if your health and have strong immune system this will help you getting ill form germs or viruses. This is not true some "bugs" can overcome your immunity and overall health. Get all appropriate vaccines as indicted by your HCP and wash your hands frequently.
PS: Alcohol hand washes are ineffective against Cryptosporidium, norovirus, and Clostridium difficile

But did they have any underlying conditions?