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The CDC’s and NIH’s Conflicted Research

September 11, 2021 — Medical, Politics

ProPublica in December 2019, when Dr. Fauci wasn’t yet a household name, published its “Dollars for Profs” investigation that revealed widespread financial and other conflicts in studies financed by the National Institutes of Health. ProPublica’s findings have taken on increased significance, particularly the funding of a vaccine research nonprofit whose executive vice president had a lucrative financial stake in a biotech company with exclusive rights to his research.

The company has partnered with a Chinese biotech to launch a Covid-19 vaccine in greater China. The vaccine was approved under President Trump’s warp speed initiative.

Silver Spring, MD, USA 11/10/2020: Exterior view of the headquarters of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This federal agency approves medications, vaccines and food additives for human use.

FDA’s Alarming Brain Drain

September 1, 2021 — Medical, People, Politics

Wake up, people! Something is very amiss at the FDA. The only science required to understand what’s going on is the political kind.

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CDC, A.A., ESG and America’s PC Epidemic

August 29, 2021 — Medical, People, Politics

Political correctness has claimed the CDC, an agency supposedly driven by science. In the process, the agency undermined one of the fundamental tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Meanwhile, an initial and once prominent advocate of socially responsible investing has admitted to the error of his ways. I’m proud that he lives in Toronto, where I was born and raised.

BALTIMORE - JUNE 28: The Johns Hopkins Hospital at night from Orleans Street on June 28, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility.

The Political Defiance of Dr. Marty Makary

August 24, 2021 — Media, Medical, People, Politics

I typically avoid predictions, but I’m confident in saying that if America gets through this very dark period, history will judge Dr. Marty Makary very kindly.

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Outsource the FDA to Private Equity

August 23, 2021 — Business, Medical, Politics

Although not by design, the Wall Street Journal’s FDA approval coverage of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine made a compelling argument as to why the food and drug watchdog should be outsourced to private equity.

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The Incompetence of Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients

August 22, 2021 — Medical, People, Politics

Does the name Jeffrey Zients mean anything to you? It should, and if the corporate media was doing an even half-assed job covering the Biden Administration’s response to the pandemic, the public would be clamoring for his resignation.

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COVID and Israel’s Secret ADE Vaccine Risk Data

August 20, 2021 — Medical, People, Politics

The New York Times is among the last places I’d expect alarming information about Covid vaccine safety, but a passing reference buried in a story the publication posted on Wednesday burst my bubble about Israel’s government and shattered my trust in the Biden Administration and America’s health regulatory agencies.

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Joe Biden’s Vaccine Politics

August 18, 2021 — Medical, Politics

Regardless of your political persuasion or whether you are a die-hard vaccine advocate or a hard core anti vaxxer, the Biden Administration’s announcement today that it hopes to begin rolling out booster vaccines in September was premature and irresponsible.

June 30, 2019 San Francisco / CA / USA - Large LinkedIn offices in downtown San Francisco; LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented service and it owned by Microsoft

My Open Letter to LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky

August 14, 2021 — Business, Media, Politics

As best I can tell, LinkedIn’s censors operate with a skeleton team on weekends. Thought I’d post this letter and hopefully slip one by them.

Michigan State Capitol Building. Lansing, MI, USA.

The Frontier Justice of Michigan AG Dana Nessel

August 10, 2021 — Media, People, Politics

I’m not an authority on attorney generals in all 50 states, but it is my hope that none of them are as unfair, unprincipled, and immature as Michigan’s Dana Nessel.

Life as a Perfectionist in an Imperfect World

[It can be awfully frustrating!]