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"This is a phenomenal result. This is a profound game-changer to have an oral pill that had this kind of effect, this magnitude of effect in patients who are at high risk who are already symptomatic," former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Friday on CNBC about results of the interim analysis.
"Meanwhile, shares of COVID vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna fell 2.5% and 10%, respectively."This puts Dr. Scott Gottlieb between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, as a member of Pfizer's Board of Directors, he is paid handsomely to attend a few board meetings per year, yet on the other hand, he must not be too glowing in his praise of the antiviral, which might lead people away from the Pfizer vaccine. Moreover, it could affect sales just as it has already dropped the stock price.
In 2020, Gottlieb was paid $338,587 by Pfizer. In 2020, he also earned $525,850 as a director of Illumina. Due to his former FDA Chief status, Gottlieb is in high demand as one word of favor from him can send a stock price soaring.
He has served on multiple other boards, including Tempus Labs, National Resilience, and the Mount Sinai Health System. It must be a daunting task to walk the line by promoting one corporate interest while not offending any of the others.
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COVID drug molnupiravir
COVID drug molnupiravir
So much for having a "strong safety profile," as Dr. Scott Gottlieb claimed in an interview on the day Merck first publicized the research.
It's perfectly understandable why Merck might choose to play down this safety risk: assuming it's approved, the drug is widely expected to be one of "the most lucrative drugs ever" - which is one reason why Merck's shares soared into double-digit territory after the announcement.
As we reported earlier this week, Merck and its "partner" Ridgeback Biotherapeutics will profit immensely by charging customers up to 40x what it costs to make the drug, which Ridgeback originally licensed from Emory University for an "undisclosed sum". The drug was developed with funding from the federal government.
According to Barron's, some scientists who have studied the drug believe that its method of suppressing the virus could potentially run amok within the body.
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An electron microscopy image of a cell infected by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
An electron microscopy image of a cell infected by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Covid-19 infection may occasionally trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare but potentially serious neurological condition, according to new research appearing in the journal Brain, and published by Oxford University Press.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune neurological disorder where the body's immune system begins to attack the body itself and damage nerve cells. It can cause muscle weakness and occasionally paralysis.
Comment: Coronavirus itself has been found to have a very unusual make up, which, along with its other unusual effects on the body, including an increased risk of delirium, has led numerous researchers to conclude that it was engineered in a laboratory:
- RNA Vaccines, Obedience and Eugenics
- Compelling Evidence That SARS-CoV-2 Was Man-Made.
- Coronavirus makes infected cells sprout 'sinister' tentacles to quickly travel inside the body
- Gangrene, gastric problems, and hearing loss reported in delta variant of coronavirus from India, may carry higher risk of hospitalization
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Dr. Marci Bowers performs gender reassignment surgery in Trinadad’s Mount San Rafael Hospital.
Dr. Marci Bowers performs gender reassignment surgery in Trinadad’s Mount San Rafael Hospital.
For nearly a decade, the vanguard of the transgender-rights movement — doctors, activists, celebrities and transgender influencers — has defined the boundaries of the new orthodoxy surrounding transgender medical care: What's true, what's false, which questions can and cannot be asked.
They said it was perfectly safe to give children as young as nine puberty blockers and insisted that the effects of those blockers were "fully reversible." They said that it was the job of medical professionals to help minors to transition. They said it was not their job to question the wisdom of transitioning, and that anyone who did — including parents — was probably transphobic. They said that any worries about a social contagion among teen girls was nonsense. And they never said anything about the distinct possibility that blocking puberty, coupled with cross-sex hormones, could inhibit a normal sex life.
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A cyclist receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Gilles Villeneuve racetrack in Montreal, on Saturday, May 29, 2021.
A cyclist receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Gilles Villeneuve racetrack in Montreal, on Saturday, May 29, 2021.
Protective antibodies decreased continuously during the six months after the administration of the second dose of the vaccine, according to a study of about 5,000 Israeli health workers, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The levels fell first at a sharp pace and later at a more moderate one.
Researchers worldwide are trying to identify the critical threshold of antibodies needed to prevent coronavirus infection, severe illness and death, said Gili Regev-Yochay, one of the authors of the study. Such studies will help assess risk levels for various groups and the measures needed to protect them, the researcher said.
Antibody levels were found to be lower in older people than in younger, and in immunosuppressed individuals compared to the healthy population, according to the study from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan. Men's antibody counts were lower than those of women both at their peak and at the end of the study.
The decline follows nearly two weeks of rising infections, fuelled by millions of pupils returning to classrooms last month.
Meanwhile, 33 deaths were registered among people who tested positive for the virus in the last 28 days. It marks a week-on-week drop of 17.5 per cent. No Covid hospitalisation figures were provided for the UK as a whole — but that trend has also been falling.
The fatality figure lags several weeks behind infections because of how long it can take for infected patients to become seriously ill.
The research, led by the University of Exeter working with University College London, and funded by Cancer Research UK, found that a significant number of the patients who were not referred went on to develop cancer within a year of their GP consultation.
One in two people are affected by cancer in their lifetimes, and cancer accounts for nearly 10 million deaths each year worldwide. Early diagnosis is known to be a major factor in saving lives.
Much of what is stated in the Spartacus Letter is indisputable medical fact about the disease itself, the treatment protocols (successful and unsuccessful), the vaccines, but it also goes into great detail about the criminal conspiracy behind the virus and the thwarting of effective medical treatments.
The authors state the information in the Spartacus Letter is not new - indeed, they say this information has been known for over a year in medical and scientific communities. However, it is extensive and most of those reading it will undoubtedly find something they didn't previously know. Despite its length, and despite the fact that it is unlikely to be entirely true from beginning to end, it is well worth the read.
Join us on this episode of Objective:Health as we discuss the Spartacus Letter.
You can find the letter here: https://www.sott.net/article/458947-The-Spartacus-covid-letter-thats-going-viral
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