CDC Still Pushing Myth That COVID Shots Work, Eroding Public Trust Further
Ever since taking the helm as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 10, 2023, Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH has regularly emphasized that her first and foremost order of business is to re-establish public trust in the CDC. “We have to first make sure that we are building trust […]
New COVID Shots Same As Old Ones
Two studies performed recently at Columbia University and Harvard University have found that the new COVID-19 bivalent (two-in-one) booster shots developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/NIAID do not provide better protection against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariant viruses than the original monovalent formulations of the shots.1 2 3 In the Columbia study, 19 people were […]
Pfizer, BioNTech Seek COVID Biologic Emergency Use Authorization for Infants as Young as Six Months Old
Pfizer and BioNTech have requested emergency use authorization (EUA) for doctors to administer two doses of their mRNA COVID-19 biologic to infants as young as six months old. A statement from Pfizer states that the “rolling submission” application was submitted on Feb. 1, 2022 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
Why is Good News on COVID-19 Bad?
There seems to be a pattern emerging to push back on any new information that suggests COVID-19 may not be as severe as initially believed, even if that new information comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It is unclear why, although one might speculate […]