After being rejected by three major journals, an RCT completed by 4,862 participants has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The volunteers were adults spending more than 3 hours per day outside the home without occupational mask use. All were instructed to follow social-distancing and other public health measures, and those in the […]
How safe will you be if you get the Moderna “95%-effective” vaccine? Pfizer and Moderna have announced impressive-sounding effectiveness figures for their revolutionary vaccines. These mRNA vaccines, instead of injecting a weakened virus, use a genetically engineered messenger RNA that turns your own cells into vaccine factories. You make viral spike proteins, then your immune […]
There is much excitement about the 90 percent effectiveness reported for the Pfizer vaccine—which is far better than expected. Only three vaccines in 10 years have been more than 50 percent effective. What this means is that out of 44,000 people who got two doses, 94 have gotten at least one symptom and a positive […]
Every day the federal government sends auditors into doctors’ offices across the U.S. to comb records for fraud—and innocent mistakes—that resulted in Medicare and Medicaid payments the government considers to be improper. Are honest elections any less important? AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schalfly, Esq. urges government to act to remedy current misconduct that threatens the […]
I hope you stay well and have a reliable source of income to pay your bills. Key concerns in the election are its effect on health and your livelihood. The Biden-Harris campaign blames President Trump for the COVID-19 debacle—doing too little, too late, and being too reassuring. President Trump has respected federalism and recognized some […]
The U.S. Constitution sets no mental or health qualifications to serve as President of the United States. It provides only that the person shall be a natural-born citizen, at least 35 years of age, and a resident of the U.S. for 14 years. It is simply assumed that political parties would not nominate and the […]
Do you cringe at cruel tweets showing Biden’s memory lapses, as about what state he is in? Being President is a grueling job. How would Joe Biden cope? What does the pace of his campaigning show about his stamina? Is “C’mon, man” an acceptable response to world leaders? If a President Biden needs to “call […]
Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving with your family? Or awaiting Tony Fauci’s permission? In a conference at Yale on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked when we could go back to normal. He said we wouldn’t have to wear masks “forever,” but we couldn’t abandon public health measures such as masks and distancing before […]
Some say, perhaps in jest, that COVID-19 will vanish on Nov. 4, at least if the correct candidate wins. But what will the election’s outcome determine? Some issues to consider: Vaccines: President Trump has signed a contract for the delivery of 100 million doses, provided incentives for “warp speed” development, and has promised no-cost administration […]
If you watched Tucker Carlson take on the mask controversy, you might feel confused. Carlson quoted the CDC study that showed that 85 percent of people who had a positive PCR test for COVID-19 had been wearing a mask “always” (71 percent) or “often” (14 percent). But what you are supposed to conclude from the […]