These Endless Coronavirus Mutations
Shortly after the global campaign to control infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus using mRNA COVID-19 shots began in the United States on Dec. 14, 2020, one of the concerns expressed by some scientists and doctors was that mass use of the bioengineered products might cause the virus to mutate and lead to variants and subvariants, […]
One-Third of Adults Polled Think COVID Shots Killed Thousands
A recent poll released by KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation) of San Francisco, California on Aug. 22, 2023 found that one-third of adults in the United States believe that the COVID-19 shots “caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people.” Ten percent of that one-third believe it is “definitely true” that the shots killed thousands […]
Annual COVID Shot. Is it Inevitable?
In a recent interview, the newly appointed director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that the agency may soon come out with a recommendation for Americans to be vaccinated for COVID-19 every year.1 2 Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, who was sworn in as the 20th CDC director on July 10, […]
More Young People Dying of Heart Attacks
Opinion | Since the COVID-19 pandemic, more young people in the United States are dying of heart attacks. That’s the headline of a recent article by Maura Hohman in TODAY magazine.1 Citing a study by doctors at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, California published in the Journal of Medical Virology2 in September 2022, Hohman writes: […]
Genetics May Predispose Susceptibility to COVID
It is generally accepted that COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is caused by an infection with the virus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). The virus enters human cells via a protein coding gene known as ACE2 (angiotensin converting enzyme 2). It is also largely accepted that COVID can affect different people in different ways, […]
More Than 1 in 10 Boys in America are Developmentally Disabled
The prevalence of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities continues to rise in the United States, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The percentage of American children 3-17 years of age with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or a different developmental problem increased from 7.4 percent […]