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False Security
From NPR, March 30, 2012 The Obama administration has announced a new policy to handle the risks posed by legitimate biological research that could, in the wrong hands, threaten the public. The move comes in response to a huge debate … Continue reading
Posted in public health, Science
Tagged biological weapons, BioWar, bioweapons, bird flu, CDC, DoD, gene synthesis, H5N1, influenza, NIH, NSABB, pandemic, resilience, USAMRIID
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Novel H3N2 flu virus infects child in Maine
A 8 year old boy in Cumberland County Maine has been infected with the same H3N2 influenza virus that has previously infected three people in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana. This virus is apparently circulating in pigs in the US. … Continue reading
Hypocrisy Grips the Huffington Post – Anti-Vaccine Site Reviews “Contagion” … and Flublogia
Flublogia receives little attention from the MSM. However, in a recent review of “Contagion” a blogger at the Huffington Post, Peter Christian Hall, discusses Flublogia. Well, part of it anyways. In “Contagion” an anti-vaccine, magic-bean selling flu blogger is portrayed … Continue reading
Posted in Flublogia
Tagged anti-vaccine, Bill Maher, CDC, Contagion, flu, H1N1, Huffington, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Jim Carrey, Mercola, pandemic, swine flu, vaccine
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Contagion Review
[Warning, this review contains spoilers] I recently saw the new movie “Contagion”, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Although I’ve enjoyed many of his films for their artistic merit, this review will focus on the movie from the standpoint of the accuracy … Continue reading
Posted in Flublogia, public health
Tagged CDC, CFR, Contagion, DHS, Eliot Gould, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Mike Adams, R0, Steven Soderbergh, WHO
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The Return of H3
Flu viruses can be characterised in many different ways. One system uses types and subtypes. There are three “types”, A, B and C. Subtyping is based on two of the eight influenza genomic segments, hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). Different … Continue reading
The CDC tells CBS to Talk to the Hand – Again
Back in October of 2009, I wrote a blog about a reporter at CBS, Sharyl Attkisson, who was trying to get information from the CDC about the pandemic. She’s still waiting. From CBS News, July 30, 2010 [hat-tip, Pixie] About … Continue reading
Facing reality
The CDC, May 3, 2009 ( Reuters): There are “encouraging signs” that the new H1N1 virus that has raised concerns of a pandemic is no more dangerous than routine seasonal flu viruses that circulate annually, a top U.S. health official … Continue reading
Hiding Bodies II – The California Story
In my blog Hiding Bodies, I described the CDC decision to stop reporting the number of deaths in each State. Further, they loosened the definition of what the states could report to the CDC. I predicted that this would result … Continue reading
If you aren’t dead, please answer the phone
Director Frieden of the CDC likes phone surveys. He relies on them for determining how many people have been infected with the new H1N1 despite clear-cut evidence that phone surveys are worthless for this purpose. The number infected is the … Continue reading
Multiplying errors
There are two ways to estimate of how many people have been infected with pandemic influenza: 1. Actually measure how many people have been infected by examining their blood for evidence of antibodies against the virus (seroprevalence study). or 2. … Continue reading
Posted in public health, Science
Tagged case fatality rate, CDC, CFR, H1N1, pandemic, swine flu
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