In a previous article, I laid out the legal framework for issuing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for medical products. EUA was the type of authorization granted to Covid mRNA vaccines, along with hundreds of other medical products used during the declared Covid …
WHO Pandemic Agreement April Draft: Additional Concerns
The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiating body of the draft Pandemic Agreement to be voted on in late May produced yet another draft. As the previous text was dealt with in detail in a recent article, it seems relevant to …
Medical Elites’ Disgrace Over Ivermectin
In the wake of the FDA settling a lawsuit brought against it for wantonly and aggressively smearing ivermectin, the agency has deleted its postings. That’s good, but we shouldn’t forget how egregiously it mischaracterized the drug, ignored copious evidence in …
Congress’ Unscientific Spillover
When I started studying pathogen spillover in 2017, I thought it would be a great way to do ecology and study pathogens without having to worry about the politics of medicine. My Princeton PhD studying “Quantitative and Computational Biology”, focused …
Urgent Pandemic Messaging of WHO, World Bank, and G20 is Inconsistent with Their Evidence Base
When international agencies make claims of an “existential threat” to humanity and advocate for urgent action from countries, it should be a safe assumption that they are consistent with their own data. However, a review of the data and evidentiary …
History Repeats Itself: Early Treatment
Before properly starting this article, I’ll recall a phrase that almost everyone knows: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as a farce.” The author is the German philosopher Karl Marx. It’s common for people to use variants of this …
Crush the Flu d’État
As a practicing physician, I have had numerous conversations over the years with people caught in dysfunctional relationships. While it is often best to refrain from “telling” such persons the “right” course of action, one notable exception is when the …
Of Cancers, Cures, and LNPs
Billions of dollars spent every year
Searching for a cure for cancer
Why not spend that money instead
To wipe out pollution that causes the cancer
Through DNA analysis
We may one day conquer disease
A “perfect” baby every time…
Methadone Maintenance Ignited America’s Opioid Crisis
History Repeated: Forgotten Lessons of Narcotic Substitution
In the shadow of the Netflix series Painkiller, combined with OxyContin documentaries—and the plague of fentanyl overdoses—lies an obscured chapter of America’s opioid epidemic: the 1965 “invention” of “Methadone Maintenance Treatment” (MMT) at …
Why did Germany lockdown without cause?
Originally published in Daily Sceptic
The recent publication of thousands of pages of minutes of the COVID-19 “crisis team” of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has caused a buzz in social and even some traditional media, since they appear to …
WHO Amendments Revisited
We received a private email from an experienced statistician who, after reading our post and the WHO International Health Regulations draft amendments being discussed now, offered his help and explained why. His message seems to embody the feelings of many …
The Black Hole of Public Broadcasting
When I lived in North Jersey, I sometimes listened to WFMU, a free-form indie radio station, unaffiliated with NPR. FMU prided itself on the offbeat music it played and on the quirky personalities of its DJs, who were all unpaid. …
The New IHR Changes Are Merely Cosmetic
For two years, the 196 State Parties to the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) – composed of 194 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Liechtenstein and the Vatican – have been submitting and discussing proposed amendments to …
What is Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)?
During the Covid pandemic, the US government spent billions of dollars on nearly 400 products intended to protect, diagnose, and treat hundreds of millions of people – all with the label “EUA” or “Emergency Use Authorization.”
But what does EUA …
From Bird Flu to Climate Snakes
Seasoned veterinarians and livestock producers alike have been scratching their heads trying to understand the media’s response to the avian flu. Headlines across every major news outlet warn of humans becoming infected with the “deadly” bird flu after one reported …