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The FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting of October 22, 2020: An Overhead Reveals Possible Adverse Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine

FDA Safety Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccines :DRAFT Working list of possible adverse event outcomesSubject to change Guillain-Barré syndrome Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis Transverse myelitis Encephalitis/myelitis/encephalomyelitis/meningoencephalitis/meningitis/encepholapathy Convulsions/seizures Stroke Narcolepsy and cataplexy Anaphylaxis Acute myocardial infarction Myocarditis/pericarditis Autoimmune disease Deaths Pregnancy and birth outcomes Other acute demyelinating diseases Non-anaphylactic allergic reactions Thrombocytopenia Disseminated intravascular coagulation Venous thromboembolism ArthritisContinue reading “The FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting of October 22, 2020: An Overhead Reveals Possible Adverse Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine”

Don’t play with fire or you might get burnt; Revenge of American Thanksgiving (USA Today)

A very, very dark place’: Hospitals brace for crisis-care mode with too many patients, not enough staff Ken AlltuckerUSA TODAY0:190:49https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.427.1_en.html#goog_1634236857 COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations are at record levels, and the rising case toll from Americans’ holiday travel has created an unprecedented surge with no relief in sight. The problem is especially ominous in the nation’s intensive care units – specializedContinue reading “Don’t play with fire or you might get burnt; Revenge of American Thanksgiving (USA Today)”

“The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Reflection: The Fight Against the Plague

” Fledging moralists in those days were going about our town proclaiming there was nothing to be done about it and we should bow down to the inevitable. And Tarrou, Rieux and their friends might give one answer or another, but its conclusion was always the same, their certitude that a fight must be putContinue reading ““The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Reflection: The Fight Against the Plague”

Passage for contemplation: Albert Camus: “The Plague”: Pleasure in the Peril!

“In the early days, when they thought that this epidemic was much like the other epidemics, religion held its ground, But, once these people realized their instant peril, they gave their thoughts to pleasure. And all the hideous fears which stamp their faces in the daytime are transformed in the fiery, dusty nightfall into aContinue reading “Passage for contemplation: Albert Camus: “The Plague”: Pleasure in the Peril!”

Medical Cannabis and the Right to Work in Canada

There are countless Canadian corporations that have drug and alcohol policies. The validity of these policies as to medical cannabis may be in doubt as it is only recently in Canada that prescriptions for medical cannabis can be widely obtained. In the case of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1620 v. Lower Churchill TransmissionContinue reading “Medical Cannabis and the Right to Work in Canada”

Spontaneous Regression of Cancer

J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2011 Jan-Jun; 2(1): 43–49.doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.82318PMCID: PMC3312698PMID: 22470233 Immunity over inability: The spontaneous regression of cancer Thomas JessyAuthor informationCopyright and License informationDisclaimerThis article has been cited by other articles in PMC.Go to: Abstract The spontaneous healing of cancer is a phenomenon that has been observed for hundreds and thousands of years and after having been theContinue reading “Spontaneous Regression of Cancer”

Washington State University Reports Cannabis Reduces OCD and Anxiety on a Short Term Basis

Cannabis reduces OCD symptoms by half in the short-term October 20, 2020 By Sara Zaske, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. –People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis, according to a Washington State University study. The researchers analyzed data inputtedContinue reading “Washington State University Reports Cannabis Reduces OCD and Anxiety on a Short Term Basis”

Toss the Naproxen Away for Osteoarthritis? Replace with Ginger, Pepper and Turmeric?

Randomized Controlled Trial Phytother Res . 2020 Aug;34(8):2067-2073. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6671. Epub 2020 Mar 16. Herbal formulation “turmeric extract, black pepper, and ginger” versus Naproxen for chronic knee osteoarthritis: A randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial Motahar Heidari-Beni 1, Amir R Moravejolahkami 2, Pegah Gorgian 3, Gholamreza Askari 3, Mohammad J Tarrahi 4, Nimah Bahreini-Esfahani 3Affiliations expand PMID: 32180294 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6671 Abstract Osteoarthritis is the most common articular disease that can lead to chronic painContinue reading “Toss the Naproxen Away for Osteoarthritis? Replace with Ginger, Pepper and Turmeric?”

“The COVID Cruise”: “The Nature of Things” Gives an Up Close and Personal View of the Diamond Princess Incident

David Suzuki on November 27th in his “Nature of Things” presents an episode “The COVID Cruise” which is a behind the scenes look of The Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama Japan in February with 3,700 passengers and crew on board. You may recall there was an outbreak of COVID-19 on the ship whichContinue reading ““The COVID Cruise”: “The Nature of Things” Gives an Up Close and Personal View of the Diamond Princess Incident”

Branded Like Cattle But It is for Your Own Good!

Welcome to the trial Common Pass which will be a prerequisite for travel and touted as temporary in the face of COVID-19 just as personal income tax in many jurisdictions was implemented to finance The Great War of 1914-18. The Commons Project is partly financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Now Rockefeller, There’s a name toContinue reading “Branded Like Cattle But It is for Your Own Good!”