U.S. May Again Move to Withdraw from WHO
The incoming Trump administration plans to withdraw the United States from membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 20, 2025—the first day of President Trump’s second term. The move was originally reported by the Financial Times on Dec. 22, 2024.1 2 3 4 5 “I have it on good authority that he plans […]
Bird Flu Outbreaks & the WHO/IHR Pandemic Treaty Push
Even as U.S. health agencies and the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are being heavily criticized for their botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic,1 2 3 WHO officials are ramping up pressure on all nations to sign a WHO pandemic treaty and amendments to the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR), which will give them […]
Texas Man and Dairy Cattle Test Positive for Bird Flu
A man in Texas has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu after direct exposure to infected dairy cattle. While this is the second recent case of bird flu identified in humans in the United States, it is the first time the disease has been found in dairy cattle.1 The first case of H5N1 in […]
CDC Reveals COVID Shot Mandates Backfired
New state-level data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 shot mandates for federal workers and employees of large corporations during 2021-2023 did not influence vaccine uptake and, in fact, reduced uptake of COVID shot boosters and influenza vaccines. The mandates, instituted in 2021, forced […]
White House Pressured Amazon to Censor Books Questioning Safety, Efficacy of Vaccines During Pandemic
White House officials pressured Amazon in 2021 to censor and minimize access to books on its online site that questioned the safety or efficacy of vaccines, according to e-mails released earlier this month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman, U.S. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio. The campaign to curtail any vaccine-related book sales during the height […]
The Great Booster Bust
Despite eschewing much of social media, television, and trendy media stories, I still couldn’t avoid major mainstream news reports in 2021 and 2022 covering entertainment news about gormless Hollywood/social media types and political officials (who increasingly seem to preen about like Hollywood entertainers) making embarrassing spectacles of themselves getting their mRNA shots and/or gushing online […]