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New Study Strongly Links Merck’s Gardasil HPV Vaccine to POTS, but Authors Downplay Signal

Conspiracy Theories

[ad_1] A new analysis of adverse events reported to the federal vaccine safety surveillance database after the HPV vaccine detected a strong safety signal for POTS, an autonomic nervous system disorder, in some people who received the shots. Critics said the authors ignored their own findings to discourage “vaccine hesitancy” and push the “safe and effective” narrative. A new analysis of adverse events reported to the federal vaccine safety surveillance database after the HPV vaccine detected a strong safety signal for POTS, an autonomic nervous system disorder, in some people who received the shots. The authors of the study, published last week in PLOS One,…

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On a Subdued 250th Birthday, Is There a U.S.”We the People” Anymore?

Investigative Reports

[ad_1] Photograph Source: G. Edward Johnson – CC BY 4.0 Not all birthdays are welcome. They can signify aspirations unachieved even as the window to reach them is closing. For those of us getting up in years, they can call out how old, creaky bodies are not functioning quite as well as they used to. That our departure is closer than our arrival, and the clock seems to be speeding up. Here I’m speaking from personal experience. The 250th birthday of the United States seems to have many of the same attributes. High hopes for a society built on justice…

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Europe may never be cool, but it can be air conditioned

Political Spin

[ad_1] If you really want to get a European politician wound up, try suggesting that, in the 21st century, human civilization has progressed to the point that we need not be at the mercy of the elements; if the temperature outside is uncomfortable, we can adjust the climate in our homes and businesses to our taste. That will get you a stuffy lecture about the virtues of suffering for the good of the planet. Well, unless powerful people are being inconvenienced; then the air conditioning comes on. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille and Reason. Get more of…

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Trump Enrichment Syndrome – CounterPunch.org

Investigative Reports

[ad_1] Photo by rob walsh The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only Trump’s own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick. Trump’s two eldest sons, part owners of Dominari Securities, are set to profit from the Kazakh tungsten deal. So is Cantor Fitzgerald, the investment firm run by Lutnick’s two sons. As The New York Times pointed out in its investigation of the scheme, “Their sons were soon doing business with partners in a deal that their fathers were negotiating, continuing a pattern of self-enrichment in the second Trump administration that…

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