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El Guapo wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:43 pm Do we know anything about how it got published?

Walach has advocated for revision of the concept of evidence-based medicine, promoting holistic and homeopathic alternatives in his publications.

This study was funded by a charity (MWGFD) that was founded to fight governmental pandemic protocols, and is known for promoting COVID conspiracy theories and distributing anti-vaccine flyers.

The peer reviewed article, “The Safety of Covid-19 Vaccinations—We Should Rethink the Policy,” misinterpreted data to conclude that “for three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”1

Katie Ewer, an immunologist at the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, who resigned from Vaccines’ editorial board after publication of the article, wrote on Twitter, “It is grossly negligent and I can’t believe it passed peer review.”

None of the article’s three authors has a background in vaccinology, virology, or epidemiology. They are Harald Walach, a clinical psychologist and health researcher at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland, who studies homeopathy and complementary medicine; Rainer Klement, a medical physicist who studies ketogenic diets in cancer treatment at the Leopoldina Hospital in Schweinfurt, Germany; and Wouter Aukema, an independent data scientist in Hoenderloo, Netherlands.

The three are also coauthors of a paper just published in JAMA Pediatrics questioning the safety of masks in children.2

President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms such as Facebook (FB.O) "are killing people" after the White House continued criticizing the company for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform.

"They’re killing people. Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people," Biden told reporters when asked about misinformation and what his message was to social media platforms such as Facebook.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki earlier on Friday also criticized the company.

"Obviously there are steps they have taken. They're a private sector company. There are additional steps they can take. It's clear that there are more that can be taken," she said at a White House briefing.

pr0ner wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:50 pm Los Angeles County is reimposing an indoor mask mandate at 11:59 PM on Saturday.

Isgrimnur wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:11 am Humanity was a mistake.

Zaxxon wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:26 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:11 am Humanity was a mistake.

Also, we're fucked.

COVID-19 vaccination rates among U.S. nursing home workers continue to lag nationwide, with only 1 in 5 facilities hitting an industry target of getting 75 percent of their health care staff fully vaccinated, a new AARP analysis of government data shows. A handful of states have especially low vaccination rates among both staff and residents.

Nationally, 56 percent of nursing home workers are fully vaccinated. But in Louisiana, just 41 percent of workers are, representing the lowest staff vaccination rate of any state or territory, the analysis finds. In Florida, home to over 700 nursing homes, only 42 percent of workers are fully vaccinated.

AARP's analysis, released Thursday, also shows that COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes are continuing to decline to all-time lows. Yet the newly released vaccination rates — which the federal government only required nursing homes to publicly report starting in June — are a new cause for alarm, says AARP's Susan Reinhard, senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute.

"They show we've not passed the threat of COVID to nursing home residents,” she says. “In some states, the situation is really, really serious — there are just not enough people vaccinated, particularly as this delta variant takes off.”

El Guapo wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:13 pm Federal judge upholds Indiana University's Covid-19 vaccination requirements.

Good news.

CNN wrote:"A ruling from the federal court has affirmed Indiana University's COVID-19 vaccination plan designed for the health and well-being of our students, faculty and staff," IU said. "We appreciate the quick and thorough ruling which allows us to focus on a full and safe return. We look forward to welcoming everyone to our campuses for the fall semester."

James Bopp Jr., the lead attorney for the plaintiffs and the director of litigation for America's Frontline Doctors, said they planned to appeal.

"Today's ruling does not end the students' fight—we plan to immediately appeal the judge's decision," Bopp said in a statement. "In addition, we plan on asking the judge to put a hold on IU's Mandate pending that appeal. We are confident the court of appeals will agree that the Mandate should be put on hold."

Skinypupy wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:50 am Whelp…

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Ralph-Wiggum wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:48 pmI'm actually a bit surprised the R^2 isn't higher. That figure begs the question: what is going on in the outlier counties?

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:48 pm

I'm actually a bit surprised the R^2 isn't higher. That figure begs the question: what is going on in the outlier counties?

malchior wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:12 pm I can't help but think we are marching into real darkness here.

Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because they can't be the captain.

A Michigan school says requiring students to wear masks in classrooms would violate “sincerely held religious beliefs” because they say humans were made in the image of God, and masks shield that image from being seen.

used to be pro-science myself. I only became an anti-science activist after realizing how much of my dream-interpretation-based worldview was incompatible with what I was reading in scientific journals. Since then, I have become a fierce activist. I make passionate arguments against the so-called “scientific method” (it’s just making guesses) and the value of peer-reviewed studies (excuse me for wanting to think for myself!). When my children ask me why the sky is blue, I tell them the truth. That there’s no way to find out.

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:49 pm I mean, really.

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/ ... 8375306240

A Michigan school says requiring students to wear masks in classrooms would violate “sincerely held religious beliefs” because they say humans were made in the image of God, and masks shield that image from being seen.

Defiant wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:37 am

Several state health departments told STAT they have repeatedly asked the federal government to redistribute their supply to other countries, many of which are facing a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Officials in Washington have rejected those requests, citing legal and logistical challenges.

“We’re drowning in this stuff,” said Robert Ator, a retired colonel in the Arkansas Air National Guard who is leading that state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution drive. “It’s starting to get a bit silly and we want to make sure we’re being good stewards.”

Some of the wastage could be forestalled if U.S. health officials extend the shelf life of the vaccine developed by Pfizer, but such expiration dates can only be extended so far.

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:59 pm I'm telling you - 100 years from now historians from around the globe are not going to understand what the F happened here in America.

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:59 pm I'm telling you - 100 years from now historians from around the globe are not going to understand what the F happened here in America.

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:02 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:59 pm I'm telling you - 100 years from now historians from around the globe are not going to understand what the F happened here in America.

Also, like, now.

Kraken wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:23 pm I'm starting to entertain the idea that democracy isn't up to the challenge and might not be worth saving.