Medical News of the Day
Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Medical News of the Day - Thursday, December 16th, 2021
UK reports highest number of daily Covid cases since the pandemic began (CNBC)
The U.K. reported a record number of new daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, with 78,610 in the last 24 hours.
The figure was an increase from 59,610 the day before, and it surpasses the previous high of 68,053 cases reported on Jan. 8.
It underlines the dramatic surge in infections that the country is seeing ahead of the holiday period with the omicron variant expected to quickly become the dominant strain. One senior British health chief has warned there could be “staggering” numbers in the next few days.
CDC advisers to weigh limits on Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of continued rare blood clot issues (Washington Post)
Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting Thursday to weigh possible limits onthe use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of continued blood clot issues, mostly in young and middle-aged women, according to clinicians familiar with the agenda.
New Study finds the Covid-19 Vaccine is to blame for 98% of cases of Myocarditis among Children (Daily Expose)
The new study was conducted by dozens of doctors and scientists from several Universities, Children’s Hospitals, and Schools of Medicine across the USA and was published on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) journal ‘Circulation’ on December 6th 2021.
The researchers investigated 139 children and young adults with 140 episodes of suspected myocarditis, of which 49 were confirmed and 91 were probable. Most of the patients were male (126) and the median age was 15.8 years.
16,000 Physicians and Scientists Agree Kids Shouldn’t Get COVID Vaccine (The Defender)
COVID vaccines are “irreversible and potentially permanently damaging,” says Dr. Robert Malone, who explains why 16,000 physicians and medical scientists around the world signed a declaration publicly declaring healthy children should not be vaccinated for COVID-19.
FDA Rep a No-Show at Court Hearing, Citing COVID Concerns; FDA Releases Additional Docs; and FDA Triples Down On 75-Year Production (Aaron Siri Substack)
A few updates on the battle to get FDA to release the licensure documents for Pfizer’s vaccine, which will hopefully address most of the inquiries on this matter
A Florida woman credits the controversial anti-parasite drug Ivermectin for helping her father recover from Covid while clinging to life in the ICU after doctors urged her to sign a do-not-resuscitate agreement and restrained her confused dad to his bed.
David Lefevers, 71, who was fully vaccinated, contracted the virus in early March and spent three weeks quickly deteriorating at South Lake Hospital in Clermont before his daughter demanded that doctors treat him with Ivermectin.
Finally! A recorded interview with a Harvard professor who disagrees with me (Steve Kirsch Substack)
Dr. Ozonoff is Faculty Scientist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.
With credentials like that, you'd expect him to refuse to engage with anyone (like me) who disagrees with the mainstream narrative. He had clearly read some of the things I had written so he knew what my views were.
Want to know how bad things really are in Australia? (Steve Kirsch Substack)
On Thursday, December 16 at 4pm I’ll be interviewing Dr. Paul Oosterhuis, MD, an Australian anesthetist (what we would call an anesthesiologist) who has been suspended by his Medical Council for bad behavior.
A new presentation: "More harm than good" (Steve Kirsch Substack)
My friends at the CCCA put together a superb slide deck showing the dangers of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. The Moderna and J&J vaccines are even worse.
Wuhan lab leak more likely origin of Covid, UK MPs are told (Insider Paper)
A Canadian molecular biologist told cross-party members of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on Wednesday that a leak from a lab in China’s Wuhan region is now the more likely origin of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
According to Dr. Alina Chan, there is also a chance that Covid-19 is an engineered virus.
Dr. Alina Chan, co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19‘ and a specialist in gene therapy and cell engineering, told a Parliament panel hearing evidence on scientific research that the pandemic was caused by a unique feature of the coronavirus known as the furin cleavage site, which has been linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak suspends vaccine mandate for employees (Reuters)
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will temporarily suspend a vaccine mandate for employees and now no longer expects to be forced to cut some service in January.
In a memo seen by Reuters, Amtrak Chief Executive Bill Flynn said the railroad would allow employees who were not vaccinated to get tested.
The NFL Is a COVID Superspreader Right Now (Vice News)
In the month before playoffs, dozens of National Football League players are currently sidelined due to COVID.
There are more than 70 active players on the NFL’s COVID-19 list, out of approximately 1,700 players in the entire league. Sixty-five players have tested positive in the last two days, including a single-day record on Monday of 37 new cases.
NYU, Princeton, other colleges go back to drawing board again to fight COVID (Newsday)
Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes.
The threat of the omicron variant comes as a gut punch to schools that were hoping to relax safety measures this spring. Now, many are telling students to prepare for another term of masking, testing and, if cases get bad, limits around social life.
Apple temporarily closes three stores in response to rising Covid rates (CNBC)
Apple temporarily shut three stores on Wednesday as Covid-19 cases rise.
A store in Miami is closed through Thursday, and a store in Ottawa, Ontario, and a third in Annapolis, Md., are closed through Friday, according to Apple’s website.
The closures raise questions about the impact of the Covid pandemic on the holiday-shopping season amid concerns from public health authorities about the impact of the omicron variant, which appears to be more transmissible.
Senate Passes Legislation to Prevent Dishonorable Discharges for Unvaccinated Servicemembers (Epoch Times)
The Senate has passed a draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would forbid the Department of Defense from dishonorably discharging members of the military whose only offense was refusing the vaccine.
The bill rider to the larger NDAA package was put forward by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to “prevent Joe Biden from dishonorably discharging servicemembers for choosing to not get the COVID vaccine.”
Navy to Start Ejecting Unvaccinated Sailors (Defense One)
The Navy will start processing unvaccinated active-duty sailors for separation under a new policy guidance released Wednesday. Thousands of sailors risk ending their career’s early and repaying bonuses and education fees for failing to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of November.
“We want every sailor to receive the vaccine and stay Navy. And if a sailor gets their shot, we will honor that and make every effort to retain them,” Rear Adm. James Waters, the Navy’s director of military personnel plans and policy, told reporters. “On the other hand, those who continue to refuse the vaccine will be required to leave the Navy.”
Biden cancels White House Christmas parties then attends DNC bash (The Post Millennial)
President Joe Biden cancelled his planned White House Christmas parties over COVID concerns, then attended a DC bash put on by the Democratic National Committee.
On Tuesday, after the cancellation announcement, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended a party for 400 Democrats at the Hotel Washington, in Washington, DC. The party was held outdoors, though the speeches made by Biden, Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison were indoors, in a room the Washington Post describes as "a reception room that was not open air."
Google to stop pay and eventually fire unvaccinated employees (Insider Paper)
Google has warned its employees that if they do not fully vaccinate themselves and follow Covid-19 rules as mandated by the US administration, they will lose their jobs and eventually be fired.
Google gave its employees until December 3 to submit proof of vaccination or request approval for a medical or religious exemption.
Anyone who does not do either of these things by January 13 will be placed on a 30-day paid administrative leave, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC.
“If they’re still not in compliance after the 30 days, they could face unpaid leave for up to six months and then be terminated,” the memo read.
Blinken cuts foreign trip short over Covid concerns (Politico)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is cutting short his weeklong overseas trip and returning to Washington, D.C., due to reasons related to Covid-19, the State Department announced on Wednesday.
In a call with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, Blinken “expressed his deep regret” that he would not be traveling on to Bangkok from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
HHS forecast shows Omicron stretching U.S. Covid testing supply (Politico)
Biden administration health officials are privately warning Covid-19 test makers and laboratories that demand for tests could double or even triple over the next two months as cases surge across the country, five people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
Internal modeling developed by the Health and Human Services Department’s Testing and Diagnostic Working Group projects that the nation's supply could be stretched by the need to conduct 3 to 5 million tests per day by late January or early February — a sharp increase from current daily levels of more than 1.6 million.
Lilley: Ford right to reject lockdowns while targeting Omicron (Toronto Sun)
Getting a vaccination, or even a booster shot, will do far more to help Ontario face down the Omicron variant than imposing a lockdown, Premier Doug Ford said on Wednesday.
Ford, outlining changes to the booster program and announcing reduced capacity for pro sports and other events, made clear that he is not in favour of a lockdown.
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