Listened to the entire podcast and was so deeply upset. So much harm done to so many families. So many kids traumatized by the state!

“Once one country loses its disease elimination status, the entire Americas region is also seen as having lost its status. The designation is made by an independent group of experts at the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the W.H.O. representing 35 countries in the Americas.”

“Gavin de Becker, Mr. Kennedy’s longtime security consultant, offered a riff on a line made famous by Mr. Kennedy’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, who spoke briefly in German during a 1963 visit to West Berlin. “Ich bin anti-vaxxer!” Mr. de Becker declared.”

“So did Andrew Wakefield, whose now-retracted 1998 study linking vaccines to autism cost him his medical license. Both were lauded as heroes.
Speakers warned against the “the surveillance state” and the dangers of electromagnetic radiation.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

“Mr. Kennedy’s wife, the actress Cheryl Hines, and the actor and comedian Russell Brand were special guests at a Saturday night dinner to promote Ms. Hines’s new book. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the Florida surgeon general who likened vaccine mandates to slavery, spoke.”

“Another Republican, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, also spoke. He and Mr. Paul were supposed to attend in person. But they were stuck in Washington to vote on the government shutdown, and addressed the group virtually.”

“Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who has repeatedly accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of covering up evidence that the coronavirus leaked from a laboratory, gave a talk entitled, “Why Isn’t Tony Fauci in Prison?” Mr. Paul threatened to subpoena Dr. Fauci if he does not agree to testify”

“Most hospitals do not have the resources to properly care for placenta accreta, requiring patients to travel long distances for treatment. Each month, Ms. Coleman drove four hours to her specialist in Jackson, Miss., because no one in Hattiesburg had the expertise.”

“When Dr. Silver began researching placenta accreta in the early 2000s, there were no medical guidelines for treating it. In 2006, he published a study showing that a woman’s risk of developing the condition jumped with each cesarean… in 2015, accreta was given an official diagnosis code”

“The placenta is covered in blood vessels that can cling to scar tissue and, in severe cases, grow through the uterine wall into the bladder. About two-thirds of women with placenta accreta hemorrhage during childbirth… A patient can bleed to death in under 10 minutes.”

“Messaging around the HPV vaccination has been especially tricky, Hussain said, because HPV is often, though not always, spread through sex. "Whenever we bring up sexual contact again and again, it becomes sensitive due to our religious values and our society."

“The reaction to the HPV campaign mirrors longstanding vaccine skepticism in Pakistan… Vaccine hesitancy has been stoked by the revelation that the CIA sponsored a vaccination drive in 2011 in its effort to uncover Osama Bin Laden as well as by misinformation.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social