By Jondi Gumz
Dr. Angus Dalgleish, a sought-after oncologist in London, has written a letter to the editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal, urging the journal to “make valid informed consent for Covid vaccination a priority topic” because cancers and other diseases are rapidly progressing among “boosted” people.
Dalgleish, 72, is a professor of oncology at St George’s, University of London, known for his contributions to HIV/AIDS research. Here is his letter:
“Covid no longer needs a vaccine programme, given the average age of death of Covid in the U.K. is 82 and from all other causes is 81 and falling.
“The link with clots, myocarditis, heart attacks and strokes is now well accepted, as is the link with myelitis and neuropathy. (We predicted these side effects in our June 2020 QRBD article Sorensen et al. 2020, as the blast analysis revealed 79% homologies to human epitopes, especially PF4 and myelin.)
“However, there is now another reason to halt all vaccine programmes. As a practicing oncologist, I am seeing people with stable disease rapidly progress after being forced to have a booster, usually so they can travel.
“Even within my own personal contacts, I am seeing B cell-based disease after the boosters. They describe being distinctly unwell a few days to weeks after the booster — one developing leukaemia, two work colleagues Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and an old friend who has felt like he has had Long Covid since receiving his booster and who, after getting severe bone pain, has been diagnosed as having multiple metastases from a rare B cell disorder.
“I am experienced enough to know that these are not the coincidental anecdotes that many suggest, especially as the same pattern is being seen in Germany, Australia and the USA.
“The reports of innate immune suppression after mRNA for several weeks would fit, as all these patients to date have melanoma or B cell based cancers, which are very susceptible to immune control — and that is before the reports of suppressor gene suppression by mRNA in laboratory experiments.
“This must be aired and debated immediately.”
In June, a paper co-written by Dr. Stephanie Seneff, MIT researcher, in Food & Chemical Toxicology, reported the MRNA vaccines promote “sustained synthesis” of the spike protein, which suppresses the body’s interferon responses and impairs innate immunity.
BA.5 Variant Shrinks
Two newer Omicron subvariants BQ1.1 and BQ.1 are now more pervasive than BA.5, the variant included in the new bivalent booster for this fall along with the original 2020 coronavirus, which is no longer circulating.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported BQ1.1 in the lead comprising 25.5%, then BQ.1, 24.2% and then BA.5, 24%.
Researchers say the new Covid-19 variants are more spreadable but there is no indication they make people sicker than their predecessors.
The U.S. is averaging 300 deaths a day, compared to 3,000 last winter when the Delta variant raged.
Santa Cruz County reports 50 Covid deaths after Omicron, compared to 225 as of Dec. 15, before Omicron.
According to CDC data, vaccinated people made up 42% of Covid deaths in January and February during the peak of the omicron surge, compared with 23% during the Delta surge in September 2021.
Lawsuits
More than 1,000 lawsuits have been filed across the nation challenging vaccine mandates, according to the National Law Review, with 75% against employers.
The latest is Nike, sued by three former senior employees, claiming religious discrimination, medical discrimination and battery after they lost their jobs due to Nike’s vaccination mandate. The former workers, represented by Health Freedom Defense Fund, are seeking punitive damages.
The lawsuit, filed Nov. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland, alleges Nike refused to consider reasonable accommodations, even though the vaccines did not stop transmission of Covid -19 and the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s mandate that large employers require employees to get vaccinated.
The lawsuit alleges Nike fired Doug Kerkering and Hannah Thibodo because they had a “perceived disability” — their immune systems did not sufficiently protect them from Covid-19, a perceived disability protected under federal law, according to their attorney Scott Street.
The employees, who proposed testing, masking or working from home, were fired.
The third worker, Wanda Rozwadowska, applied for religious accommodation and was denied. She appealed, and Nike granted her request after the vaccine deadline date, so she was coerced into getting the shot, and suffered an autoimmune reaction so severe she could not work, according to Street.
“We want to send a loud and clear message to corporate America that their employees’ rights are not negotiable,” said Leslie Manookian, president of Health Freedom Defense Fund.
In October, Nike lifted its vaccine mandate, acknowledging
Lawsuit community spread is possible even when people are fully vaccinated.
On Nov. 12, in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, longtime NBA referees Kenny Mauer, Mark Ayotte and Jason Phillips said they were fired because they declined to get vaccinated for religious reasons. They are seeking front and back pay and punitive damages.
On Nov. 11, former Washington State University SU football coach Nick Rolovich, sued the university, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and WSU athletic director Pat Chun seeking damages after he was fired last year for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Rolovich, who is Catholic, claims discrimination against religion, wrongful withholding of wages, and loss of future income.
WSU Vice President for Marketing and Communications Phil Weiler told The Seattle Times via email that Rolovich’s lawsuit “is wholly without merit” and that the university enforced the vaccine mandate “in a fair and lawful manner.”
He told The Daily Wire host Allison Williams that he refused the vaccine because of the “lack of answers, lack of dialogue” about the effects of the vaccines and his beliefs as a Catholic.
Williams left ESPN after 10 years when ESPN mandated Covid-19 vaccines for all staff.
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Superintendent Faris Sabbah have until Dec. 13 to respond to a lawsuit filed by Santa Cruz County Parents United in October.
The lawsuit alleges Sabbah coerced Pajaro Valley Unified, San Lorenzo Valley Unified, Santa Cruz City Schools and private schools Twin Lakes Christian and Waldorf to punitively implement “non-binding guidance relating to masking, testing and quarantining resulting in emotional damage, discrimination, child endangerment, humiliation, learning loss, and illegal exclusion from school and sports, and harassment.”
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the Monterey Bay Half Marathon returned, putting Dr. Steven Lome, a plant-based cardiologist, into action. He not only ran the race but also gave CPR to two runners who collapsed.
“I just thought, crazy odds, random event that there were 2 cardiac arrests, and both happened to be right in front of me,” he told the Washington Post.
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education reports 661,700 tests with Inspire Diagnostics.
According to the Santa Cruz Office of Education, cases in schools peaked at 4,407 on Jan. 27, and are now 161.
The 14-day positivity rate, 12.25% in January, is now 1.61%.
Santa Cruz County reports 607 active Covid cases, in decline since July, and one more death, bringing the total to 275 since the pandemic began in 2020.
The last eight deaths were people who were vaccinated, according to the county dashboard, all 65 or older with medical conditions.
The California Department of Public Health reports 22 patients hospitalized in Santa Cruz County with a positive Covid test, including two in intensive care.
The very contagious BA.5 and waning immunity from vaccines boosted summertime Covid cases.
The new bivalent boosters mix vaccine for the original no-longer circulating strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the previously dominant Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are far less deadly than the Delta variant.
The bivalent combo was expedited by federal officials who asked drug-makers to test on mice rather than humans. Pfizer submitted data based on 8 mice.
California reports 16% of eligible people got a bivalent booster. In Santa Cruz County, it was 23%.
The federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention plans to provide a recommended vaccine schedule in 2023.
On Oct. 20, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously in favor of adding the Covid vaccine to the federal recommended immunization schedule for children and adults.
The existing schedule recommends 27 doses of vaccine between birth and age 6.
Starting at 6 months, children should get the Covid vaccine, plus boosters, the committee said.
The committee heard Dr. Tom Shimabukuro report the death of a boy 13 days after his first dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine. The autopsy showed the cause of death was heart inflammation known as myocarditis; tests found no evidence of viral infection.
The death was reported to the federal Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System, and verified by the CDC. Committee members determined Covid vaccine benefits outweigh the risks.
The CDC said its recommendation is not a mandate, with the decision up to states, counties and municipal officials.
California’s SB 277 requires students be vaccinated to attend public school; no exemptions for personal belief. Homeschoolers are exempt.
The CDC stopped reporting Covid cases on Sept. 21, recognizing 95% of Americans 16 and up have some immunity, either from vaccination or infection.
On Feb. 28, Gov. Newsom plans to lift the state of Covid-19 emergency.
Local information: www.santacruzhealth.org/coronavirus or (831) 454-4242 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Active Cases: 607
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COVID Deaths: 275
As of Nov. 28
Age
85 and older: 121 • 75-84: 63 • 65-74: 49 • 60-64: 15 • 55-59: 4 • 45-54: 10 • 35-44: 8 • 25-34: 5
Underlying Conditions
Yes: 225 • No: 50
Vaccinated
Yes: 38 • No: 237
Race
White 162 • Latinx 90 • Asian 16 • Black 3 Amer Indian 1 • Hawaiian 1 • Another 2
Gender
Men: 139 • Women: 136
Location
At facility for aged: 118 • Not at a facility: 157
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Fired Employees Sue Nike, NBA Over Covid Vaccine Mandate
By Jondi Gumz
(Some information below is repeated)
Two newer Omicron subvariants BQ1.1 and BQ.1 are now more pervasive than BA.5, the variant included in the new bivalent booster for this fall along with the original 2020 coronavirus, which is no longer circulating.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported BQ1.1 in the lead comprising 25.5%, then BQ.1, 24.2% and then BA.5, 24%.
The U.S. is averaging 300 deaths a day, compared to 3,000 last winter when the Delta variant raged.
Santa Cruz County reports 50 Covid deaths after Omicron, compared to 225 as of Dec. 15, before Omicron.
According to CDC data, vaccinated people made up 42% of Covid deaths in January and February during the peak of the omicron surge, compared with 23% during the Delta surge in September 2021.
In June, a paper co-written by Dr. Stephanie Seneff, MIT researcher, in Food & Chemical Toxicology, reported the MRNA vaccines promote “sustained synthesis” of the spike protein, which suppresses the body’s interferon responses and impairs innate immunity.
Meanwhile, more than 1,000 lawsuits have been filed across the nation challenging vaccine mandates, according to the National Law Review, with 75% against employers.
The latest is Nike, sued by three former senior employees, claiming religious discrimination, medical discrimination and battery after they lost their jobs due to Nike’s vaccination mandate. The former workers, represented by Health Freedom Defense Fund, are seeking punitive damages.
The lawsuit alleges Nike fired Doug Kerkering and Hannah Thibodo because they had a “perceived disability” — their immune systems did not sufficiently protect them from Covid-19, a perceived disability protected under federal law, according to their attorney Scott Street.
The employees, who proposed testing, masking or working from home, were fired.
The third worker, Wanda Rozwadowska, applied for religious accommodation and was denied. She appealed, and Nike granted her request after the vaccine deadline date, so she was coerced into getting the shot, and suffered an autoimmune reaction so severe she could not work, according to Street.
“We want to send a loud and clear message to corporate America that their employees’ rights are not negotiable,” said Leslie Manookian, president of Health Freedom Defense Fund.
In October, Nike lifted its vaccine mandate, acknowledging that community spread is possible even when people are fully vaccinated.
On Nov. 12, in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, longtime NBA referees Kenny Mauer, Mark Ayotte and Jason Phillips said they were fired because they declined to get vaccinated for religious reasons. They are seeking front and back pay and punitive damages.
On Nov. 11, former Washington State University SU football coach Nick Rolovich, sued the university, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and WSU athletic director Pat Chun seeking damages after he was fired last year for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Rolovich, who is Catholic, claims discrimination against religion, wrongful withholding of wages, and loss of future income.
WSU Vice President for Marketing and Communications Phil Weiler told The Seattle Times via email that Rolovich’s lawsuit “is wholly without merit” and that the university enforced the vaccine mandate “in a fair and lawful manner.”
He told The Daily Wire host Allison Williams that he refused the vaccine because of the “lack of answers, lack of dialogue” about the effects of the vaccines and his beliefs as a Catholic.
Williams left ESPN after 10 years when ESPN mandated Covid-19 vaccines for all staff.
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Superintendent Faris Sabbah have until Dec. 13 to respond to a lawsuit filed by Santa Cruz County Parents United in October.
The lawsuit alleges Sabbah coerced Pajaro Valley Unified, San Lorenzo Valley Unified, Santa Cruz City Schools and private schools Twin Lakes Christian and Waldorf to punitively implement “non-binding guidance relating to masking, testing and quarantining resulting in emotional damage, discrimination, child endangerment, humiliation, learning loss, and illegal exclusion from school and sports, and harassment.”
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the Monterey Bay Half Marathon returned, putting Dr. Steven Lome, a plant-based cardiologist, into action. He not only ran the race but also gave CPR to two runners who collapsed.
“I just thought, crazy odds, random event that there were 2 cardiac arrests, and both happened to be right in front of me,” he told the Washington Post.
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education reports 658,200 tests with Inspire Diagnostics.
According to the Santa Cruz Office of Education, cases in schools peaked at 4,407 on Jan. 27, and are now 188.
The 14-day positivity rate, 12.25% on January, is now 1.64%.
Santa Cruz County reports 644 active Covid cases, the first increase after declining since July, and one more death, bringing the total to 275 since the pandemic began in 2020.
The last eight deaths were people who were vaccinated, according to the county dashboard, all 65 or older with medical conditions.
The California Department of Public Health reports 25 patients hospitalized in Santa Cruz County with a positive Covid test, including three in intensive care.
The very contagious BA.5 and waning immunity from vaccines boosted summertime Covid cases.
The new bivalent boosters mix vaccine for the original no-longer circulating strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the previously dominant Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are far less deadly than the Delta variant.
The bivalent combo was expedited by federal officials who asked drug-makers to test on mice rather than humans. Pfizer submitted data based on 8 mice.
California reports 16% of eligible people had a bivalent booster. In Santa Cruz County, it was 23%.
The federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention plans to provide a recommended vaccine schedule in 2023.
On Oct. 20, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously in favor of adding the Covid vaccine to the federal recommended immunization schedule for children and adults.
The existing schedule recommends 27 doses of vaccine between birth and age 6.
Starting at 6 months, children should get the Covid vaccine, plus boosters, the committee said.
The committee heard Dr. Tom Shimabukuro report the death of a boy 13 days after his first dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine. The autopsy showed the cause of death was heart inflammation known as myocarditis; tests found no evidence of viral infection.
The death was reported to the federal Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System, and verified by the CDC. Committee members determined Covid vaccine benefits outweigh the risks.
The CDC said its recommendation is not a mandate, with the decision up to states, counties and municipal officials.
California’s SB 277 requires students be vaccinated to attend public school; no exemptions for personal belief. Homeschoolers are exempt.
The CDC stopped reporting Covid cases on Sept. 21, recognizing 95% of Americans 16 and up have some immunity, either from vaccination or infection.
On Feb. 28, Gov. Newsom plans to lift the state of Covid-19 emergency.
Local information: www.santacruzhealth.org/coronavirus or (831) 454-4242 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
