TWiV 1216: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bemoan the attack on science within the US, salt water controls for vaccines, return to 1938 technology for flu vaccines, mRNA vaccines as “bioweapons”, rise in pertussis, benefits of the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence, and growing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine,  meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, return to antibiotic treatment for respiratory viral diseases, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode

• Saline placebo control testing for new vaccines….not good chemistry! (Washington Post)
• 1940s innovation: HHS, NIH Launch Next-Generation Universal Vaccine Platform for Pandemic-Prone Viruses(US Department of Health and Human Services)
• WHAT! Minnesota Bill Against Vaccines Promotes Disinformation (Medscape Medical News) )
• Guns= fine….mRNA =mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA injections and products prohibited. (Minnesota Legislature)
• Bioweapons of massive destruction mNRA not bombs or drones….but mRNA! (Minnesota Legislature)
• 2024 Provisional pertussis surveillance report (CDC)
• Pertussis cases by year 1922-2023 (CDC: Whooping cough (pertussis))
• Deaths by pertussis: 6 children under a year old (CDC)
• Pertussis (WHO)
• Symptoms of pertussis (CDC Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
• With whooping cough cases on the rise, a doctor explains how to protect yourself and others (CNN)
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