So what can we lowly citizens do? What or who do we turn to if we are truly afraid to be forced to get boosted and risk damage to our immune system? What do we do to protect our college age children?
Colleges are going to push this, even after their students have had 3-4 doses and likely an infection or two. This disgusts me. Their excuse will be that they're "just following the CDC."
My daughter was accepted to Wake Forest last year. She chose to attend a Texas state school instead, primarily to save money, but also because we were all worried about the measures Wake Forest would take during this unending pandemic. My daughter received 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, by choice, and she’ll never get a booster. Hearing about the Wake Forest booster mandate helps confirm our daughter’s wise college decision.
Three offices can declare a public health emergency. They are the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Defense.
The first declaration was in February of 2020 with an expansion of what could use EUAs shortly thereafter.
Currently, the EUA is being maintained in 90 day extensions. The current block ends in mid October. The Biden Administration has said they will not end the EUA without a minimum of 60 days notice. With elections around that time, I imagine the EUA will at a minimum be extended for another 90 days.
EUAs have been used previously but those have for the most part ended. H1N1 was one such example that concluded after less than a year in use. Anthrax EUAs for treatment and vaccination are examples of EUAs that stuck around for longer.
Prior to covid, I believe there were eight public health emergencies that were used as the basis for less than 20 EUAs. Covid has put the EUA to far greater use than ever before, we are well past 500 EUAs at this point. What did or did not work will need to be something that is reviewed going forward.
"The FDA is charged with ensuring the new combination is safe and effective."
That is not the standard being used for Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs). That is the standard for approval. Approval is not the same as authorization.
The standard for EUA use is a public health declaration in existence, that the product is being used for a life-threatening/serious condition/disease, there are not adequate alternatives, and that it is reasonable to believe it will work.
Whether that is the standard we should be using or how EUA policy should be changed is another matter entirely.
Remember the massive increases in US working age mortality in Q3 and Q4 of 2021, reported by insurance companies? We have mortality curves from a whistleblower at the Social Security Admin showing a tight fit between the 2nd covid vaccine dose and the Q3-Q4 mortality curves with a 5 month lag in mortality.
It looks like 2021 US working age mortality was up 17.5% over 2020--that's _at least_ an extra 137,500 people who died.
At the same time, deaths in the 85+ y.o. were DOWN 14%, so the excess working age mortality could be missed if you only look at aggregate US mortality for 2021.
And actuaries were saying that the US working age mortality spike in Q3 & Q4 was NOT primarily due to covid.
But since there are 200 million working age Americans, a measly 137,500 people won't be missed. Only 0.1% mortality. It's a crying shame.
It’s time for truth. Cut the smoke and mirrors and just follow the science. Quit telling people what they must do and start giving people the truth. Pretty sure there’s a few of us that can rub our two brain cells together and make a choice.
Let alone not mandating them, even before they are used, it’s time some conditions demanded by the people are met. First, given that this can no longer be considered “emergency” use, the drug makers should not be indemnified against liability. Second, if policymakers, agencies, medical professionals act as if they are so confident in these untested, continual experimental injectable drugs - they should have absolutely no issue about demonstrating their confidence by accepting liability, both legal and moral, for any adverse events either near-term or future. The latter would include future comprised immunity.
The points raised in McCune's analysis remain of concern that need to be addressed if we want confidence to return. At the moment, I'm a no. By Oct we may see another variant surprise. And assessing antibodies which seem to rapidly decline hardly helps the decision.
This is why I've been delaying things as long as possible. It's been a comedy of government errors through this whole experience. Lockdowns didn't work and they probably never would have, then masks similarly didn't, but somehow the vaccines will work perfectly? That seems logically inconsistent and against the evidence so far. I've been against pretty much everything about the response to CoVid. If you want to take the vaccine, I want it to be available to you, but it's insane to mandate them.
So what can we lowly citizens do? What or who do we turn to if we are truly afraid to be forced to get boosted and risk damage to our immune system? What do we do to protect our college age children?
Colleges are going to push this, even after their students have had 3-4 doses and likely an infection or two. This disgusts me. Their excuse will be that they're "just following the CDC."
My daughter was accepted to Wake Forest last year. She chose to attend a Texas state school instead, primarily to save money, but also because we were all worried about the measures Wake Forest would take during this unending pandemic. My daughter received 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, by choice, and she’ll never get a booster. Hearing about the Wake Forest booster mandate helps confirm our daughter’s wise college decision.
At this point, if a healthy person is so dense and brainwashed that they will take this shot, I’m just going to get the popcorn.
I made it through my “winter of severe illness and death.” Let’s see how they do.
This is down right criminal.
March 1st, Trump began advocating the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat covid.
Also on March 1st, the AMA tweeted, cautioning doctors against the use of hydroxychloroquine to tweet covid.
On or about March 29th, the US covid death curve started a steep rise.
What is the average lag time between covid symptoms and death, when covid progresses?
Three offices can declare a public health emergency. They are the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Defense.
The first declaration was in February of 2020 with an expansion of what could use EUAs shortly thereafter.
Currently, the EUA is being maintained in 90 day extensions. The current block ends in mid October. The Biden Administration has said they will not end the EUA without a minimum of 60 days notice. With elections around that time, I imagine the EUA will at a minimum be extended for another 90 days.
EUAs have been used previously but those have for the most part ended. H1N1 was one such example that concluded after less than a year in use. Anthrax EUAs for treatment and vaccination are examples of EUAs that stuck around for longer.
Prior to covid, I believe there were eight public health emergencies that were used as the basis for less than 20 EUAs. Covid has put the EUA to far greater use than ever before, we are well past 500 EUAs at this point. What did or did not work will need to be something that is reviewed going forward.
Just wanted to comment on one thing.
"The FDA is charged with ensuring the new combination is safe and effective."
That is not the standard being used for Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs). That is the standard for approval. Approval is not the same as authorization.
The standard for EUA use is a public health declaration in existence, that the product is being used for a life-threatening/serious condition/disease, there are not adequate alternatives, and that it is reasonable to believe it will work.
Whether that is the standard we should be using or how EUA policy should be changed is another matter entirely.
Remember the massive increases in US working age mortality in Q3 and Q4 of 2021, reported by insurance companies? We have mortality curves from a whistleblower at the Social Security Admin showing a tight fit between the 2nd covid vaccine dose and the Q3-Q4 mortality curves with a 5 month lag in mortality.
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/this-one-graph-tells-you-everything
It looks like 2021 US working age mortality was up 17.5% over 2020--that's _at least_ an extra 137,500 people who died.
At the same time, deaths in the 85+ y.o. were DOWN 14%, so the excess working age mortality could be missed if you only look at aggregate US mortality for 2021.
And actuaries were saying that the US working age mortality spike in Q3 & Q4 was NOT primarily due to covid.
But since there are 200 million working age Americans, a measly 137,500 people won't be missed. Only 0.1% mortality. It's a crying shame.
"Safe and effective"
....The new bivalent booster must not be mandated because it is supported by no good data....
Mandating EUA products (PCR Test, quackcines, masks, etc....) in the US violates the FDA Act.
All what Brandon did in 2021 was unlawful and he should be prosecuted!!!
It’s time for truth. Cut the smoke and mirrors and just follow the science. Quit telling people what they must do and start giving people the truth. Pretty sure there’s a few of us that can rub our two brain cells together and make a choice.
Let alone not mandating them, even before they are used, it’s time some conditions demanded by the people are met. First, given that this can no longer be considered “emergency” use, the drug makers should not be indemnified against liability. Second, if policymakers, agencies, medical professionals act as if they are so confident in these untested, continual experimental injectable drugs - they should have absolutely no issue about demonstrating their confidence by accepting liability, both legal and moral, for any adverse events either near-term or future. The latter would include future comprised immunity.
Hope you aren't in CA where such blatant misinformation would be sanctioned per the law awaiting signature <G>. It's sad that we arrive at compelled speech about a very controversial topic related to the best way to fight an illness. See https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/100471 for a trailblazer in CA. The Aug 31 brief from the NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/briefing/covid-poll-liberal-anxiety.html) shows belief systems are shifting in the political wind with many still in fear, but that is subsiding.
The points raised in McCune's analysis remain of concern that need to be addressed if we want confidence to return. At the moment, I'm a no. By Oct we may see another variant surprise. And assessing antibodies which seem to rapidly decline hardly helps the decision.
At least we know the 8 mice lived long enough to get their blood drawn! Great article.
This is why I've been delaying things as long as possible. It's been a comedy of government errors through this whole experience. Lockdowns didn't work and they probably never would have, then masks similarly didn't, but somehow the vaccines will work perfectly? That seems logically inconsistent and against the evidence so far. I've been against pretty much everything about the response to CoVid. If you want to take the vaccine, I want it to be available to you, but it's insane to mandate them.
We are being governed by lunatics.