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State Moves to Make Ivermectin Available to Consumers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted pages of detailed information online about “Why you should not use ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.” . . .

That’s even though Dr. Theresa Lawrie, a U.K. medical doctor and research analyst who founded the British Ivermectin Recommendation Development initiative (BiRD International) suggested it has significant benefits against contracting, or dying from, COVID-19.

Now, a report confirms officials in one state are trying to make it easier for consumers to obtain, even though the FDA stands by its dire warnings.

The report said lawmakers in New Hampshire are working on legislation that would give consumers access to the treatment through ordinary procedures at a pharmacy.

House Bill 1022 would allow pharmacists to dispense the drug by means of standing orders, the report said. (Read more from “State Moves to Make Ivermectin Available to Consumers” HERE)

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Spotify to Flag COVID Content After Rogan Backlash

Spotify will begin attaching a warning label to content that features discussions of COVID-19 following backlash over its relationship with podcast host Joe Rogan.

The company will direct listeners to its “COVID-19 Hub,” which provides information on the virus, in a COVID-19 “advisory” on every podcast episode that features discussions of COVID-19, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced in a blog post Sunday. The audio streaming service also published its platform rules as part of the announcement.

“This new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days,” Ek wrote. “To our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform.”

Spotify was the subject of criticism over the past few weeks because of its relationship with Joe Rogan, who has an exclusive deal with the company to distribute his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” A coalition of medical professionals signed onto a letter demanding that Spotify crack down on COVID-19 “misinformation” on its platform, citing Rogan by name, and musician Neil Young withdrew his music catalog from the service over its relationship with Rogan.

“Based on the feedback over the last several weeks, it’s become clear to me that we have an obligation to do more to provide balance and access to widely-accepted information from the medical and scientific communities guiding us through this unprecedented time,” Ek wrote. (Read more from “Spotify to Flag COVID Content After Rogan Backlash” HERE)

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Chinese-Made COVID-19 Test Kits Are Coming to Millions of American Households via White House Initiative

As the White House’s free at-home COVID-19 test kits are reaching millions of American households’ mailboxes, the “made in China” label on some of those kits are stirring concerns.

The distribution, which began earlier this month, is part of a Biden administration initiative to give away 1 billion self-test kits to Americans for free. A sizable portion of these kits will be sourced from iHealth Labs, a California subsidiary of Chinese medical gear manufacturer Andon Health.

Since December, the company has won contracts worth over $2.1 billion with the U.S. federal government and some states, according to Andon’s filings and federal contract records.

Roughly $1.8 billion of the amount came from the Department of Defense (DOD) for the White House rollout. The department awarded two contracts to the lab on Jan. 13 and Jan. 26 respectively, which would bring over 354 million Chinese-made kits—or about a third of the total—to American homes.

The White House said on Friday that 60 million U.S. households have ordered the free test kits through the government’s new website, covidtests.gov. The order typically ships within 7 to 12 days, according to the website. (Read more from “Chinese-Made COVID-19 Test Kits Are Coming to Millions of American Households via White House Initiative” HERE)

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Lawmaker Pushing Ivermectin Bill Calls KU Doctor the ‘Kansas Dr. Fauci’

On Wednesday, Kansas lawmakers continued their discussion on off-label drug use – specifically, the drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

Two proposals are at the statehouse. Senate Bill 308 would mandate doctors give those prescriptions simply if a patient asks for them for use in COVID-therapy. Senate Bill 381 would require pharmacists to fill those prescriptions.

Also on Wednesday, the University of Kansas Health System sent a letter to lawmakers on the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee saying that they oppose the legislation.

Doctors with the University of Kansas Health System said the bills shift the doctor-patient relationship. They also called the bill unsafe.

Senate Bill 381 was brought by state Senator Mark Steffen, a Republican from Hutchinson, Kansas. He is also a doctor. He said during his testimony that he is currently under investigation by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and has been for the last year and a half. (Read more from “Lawmaker Pushing Ivermectin Bill Calls KU Doctor the ‘Kansas Dr. Fauci’” HERE)

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Dr. Fauci Says Children Younger Than 4 Will Get Three Doses of COVID Vaccines (VIDEO)

The White House said Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine regime for kids younger than 4 years old will likely be three doses when it’s approved — and vowed to make millions more hard-to-find Pfizer anti-viral pills available in coming months.

Two clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine on children ages 6 months to 2 years old, and ages 2 to 4 are underway, but the older group hasn’t yet met standards, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a press conference.

“Dose and regimen for children 6 months to 24 months worked well, but it turned out the other group from 24 months to 4 years did not yet reach the level of non-inferiority, so the studies are continued,” Fauci said, referencing effectiveness standard comparison to adults.

“It looks like it will be a three-dose regimen. I don’t think we can predict when we will see it [approved],” he said — adding he can’t speak for the Food and Drug Administration.

(Read more from “Dr. Fauci Says Children Younger Than 4 Will Get Three Doses of COVID Vaccines” HERE)

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One of the Left’s Favorite Countries Drops All COVID-19 Restrictions, Welcomes ‘Life We Knew Before’ (VIDEO)

Denmark is ending virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions so the country can move back to life as normal.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday that beginning Feb. 1, Danes will be free to go to restaurants, museums, clubs and other indoor facilities without wearing face masks. After that date, the government will only recommend masks be worn in hospitals, health care facilities and care facilities for the elderly such as nursing homes.

Right now, masks are required to be worn on public transportation, inside restaurants and other indoor businesses like shops, as well as in health care facilities. But Frederiksen said it is time to move on to post-COVID life by bringing back pre-pandemic norms.

“We say goodbye to the restrictions and welcome the life we knew before,” she said. “As of Feb. 1, Denmark will be open.” (Read more from “One of the Left’s Favorite Countries Drops All COVID-19 Restrictions, Welcomes ‘Life We Knew Before'” HERE)

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Study Says Two Thirds of Omicron Cases Are Reinfections

More than two-thirds of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are among people who have been reinfected with the virus, a new study said Wednesday.

Imperial College London researchers reported that around 3,582 people — or about 66% of participants in the study — who tested positive in January had already been infected with the virus, CNBC reported.

An additional 7.5% of the infected participants said they believed they had previously had the virus but did not confirm that with a test.

The study looked at more than 100,000 PCR tests that were collected across England between Jan. 5 and Jan. 20.

The study’s authors said in a paper released Wednesday that the Omicron variant has hit England at “unprecedented levels” and has nearly replaced Delta as the country’s most prominent variant, CNBC reported. (Read more from “Study Says Two Thirds of Omicron Cases Are Reinfections” HERE)

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You Won’t Believe These New School Mask Mandates and Child Vax Proposals in California

. . .[T]he latest out of Los Angeles — home to some of the most insane, anti-science ‘COVID’ overreach in the country: Well over a year of school closures. Ludicrous and politicized demands from the local teachers union. Allegations (not denied) of kids being vaccinated in school without parental knowledge. And now, an unhinged new masking policy:

The Los Angeles Unified School District said it will prohibit students from wearing cloth masks as the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread. Starting Monday, students must wear “well-fitted, non-cloth masks with a nose wire” at all times, including outdoors, the district announced…The shift away from cloth masks was prompted by guidance from Los Angeles County health authorities, said Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for LAUSD.

Los Angeles’ reaction is, more child masking. Harder. Even outdoors. It’s deranged. So are requirements like these, from other blue cities in blue states on the other side of the country:

The Wells Fargo Center will soon require fans and staff to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for upcoming Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers games under Philadelphia’s newest indoor dining mandate…The mandate, which applies to all indoor establishments that serve food or drink for on-site consumption, will go into effect on Jan. 3. For the first two weeks, establishments will be permitted to accept proof of a negative COVID-19 test from within 24 hours as an alternative to vaccination proof. After Jan. 17, all staff and visitors will need to provide proof of vaccination…Staff members and children ages five to 11 have until early February to be fully vaccinated.

(Read more from “You Won’t Believe These New School Mask Mandates and Child Vax Proposals in California” HERE)

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China’s Scientific Spies Operating in the U.S. Have Chinese State Security Code Names – Why Is US Allowing This?

[T]here is direct evidence that, for over thirty years, Chinese scientists who have come to the United States have been part of an organized espionage program run by China’s state security apparatus.

One of the most prominent of those is Shibo Jiang, a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) scientist, whose key position as the link between China’s biowarfare program and a network of Chinese scientists operating in the U.S. on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party has been well-documented by the Gateway Pundit, here, here and here.

Briefly, Shibo Jiang obtained his MS and MD degrees from the PLA’s First Military Medical University and the Fourth Military Medical University, respectively.

During his over 20 years working in the United States, Shibo Jiang developed an extensive network of collaborative research with other U.S. virus research laboratories and received more than $17 million in U.S. research grants, the vast majority coming from Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

During that entire period, Shibo Jiang actively collaborated with PLA laboratories, while simultaneously inviting into his U.S. laboratory and training scientists linked to the Chinese military.

At the same time Shibo Jiang was working with PLA scientists on coronaviruses, he was also working with scientists from Fort Detrick, the National Institutes of Health, the University of North Carolina, The University of Minnesota, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and other major U.S. virus research centers.

According to sources originating from inside China, Shibo Jiang has been identified as a numbered agent for China’s state security apparatus.

Apparently, all Chinese scientists carrying out espionage operations for China’s state security apparatus have code names related to precious gems, like those from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

There are literally thousands of Chinese scientists working in U.S. laboratories, who are directly or indirectly working with China’s military, some of those are also helping disseminate Chinese Communist Party propaganda inside the United States.

No doubt, many of them are designated espionage agents with Chinese state security code names.

The problems emanating from the massive infiltration of U.S. research programs by Chinese scientists loyal to the Chinese Communist Party remain totally unaddressed by the U.S. government.

American knowledge, skills, technologies and taxpayer money continue to flow into China’s fused military-civilian research sector contributing to China’s goal of global dominance.

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Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel and a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq. He had a civilian career in international business and medical research. His email address is [email protected].

FDA Closes Successful Monoclonal Antibody Clinics in Florida, Governor Seeks Reversal

Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida will be closed after the Food and Drug Administration adjusted its authorization for the COVID-19 treatment.

The new FDA policy only allows those “likely to have been infected with or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments” to receive the new medication, despite Florida’s leadership advocating for its use among the populace.

“This indefensible edict takes treatment out of the hands of medical professionals and will cost some Americans their lives,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Monday statement. “There are real-world implications to Biden’s medical authoritarianism — Americans’ access to treatments is now subject to the whims of a failing president.”

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