Just as fears of COVID-19 are easing, new anxieties are arising about war with Russia. Are you prepared? The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) announced by Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would, if passed, “allow President Joe Biden to deploy American troops to defend Ukraine if Russia uses chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. The […]
There may be less about COVID in the news because of the war in Ukraine, but can you let your guard down? New advertising pitches featuring heads of the American Medical Association and other groups urge parents to get their children vaccinated, and Pfizer and Moderna are seeking FDA authorization for a fourth dose. With […]
On Thursday the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the lawsuit against United Airlines over its Covid vaccine mandate. United removed from their positions pilots and flight attendants who obtained religious exemptions from the Covid vaccine, and employees sued […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an appeal of a 21-year prison sentence of Dr. Xiulu Ruan, after lower courts denied him a good-faith defense for his pain-management prescriptions. As the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (“AAPS”) argued in its amicus brief, such prison sentences should not be imposed against […]
On Feb 4, 2022, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed an amicus brief in federal district court in support of a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the District of Columbia’s Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020. This new law authorizes vaccinating children as young as age 11 without […]
. The FDA has granted full approval to Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID19 shot, Spikevax™, for persons age 18 and older. There are now two approved shots, although BioNTech’s Comirnaty is not yet available in the U.S., notes the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). The change in designation from Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […]
In an open letter to Gerald Harmon, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) objects to the AMA’s advocacy of delicensing physicians who disagree with its dogmatic views. “Why do physicians undergo a rigorous training program that is supposed to prepare them to analyze evidence and […]
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, author of the Complete Lives System for rationing care to the elderly, has written an open letter praising Dr. Anthony Fauci, which is featured on Medscape.com. The letter signed by about 300 physicians, mostly academics, states that “through HIV, Ebola, and now COVID, he has unswervingly served the United States guiding the […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) condemns the continued hoarding by the federal government of hydroxychloroquine, which it has kept in a stockpile while expensive new medications for Covid remain mostly unavailable. The first 10 million doses of the new Pfizer medication Paxlovid ordered by the federal government will not be available until […]
You may be asking yourself, will this ever end? The graph shows the rising incidence of COVID in both vaccinated and unvaccinated in Iceland. The Omicron variant is on the march. Everyone may eventually get it, perhaps without any symptoms. A few weeks ago, home test kits for COVID were easily obtained at your local […]