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I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I am taking a perverse pleasure in watching this catfight between Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna play out. Not to gloat, but I find it validating and rather satisfying to watch these companies file lawsuits and counter lawsuits that boil down to a schoolyard squabble over who came up with the ideas and initial proof of concept for using mRNA for developing drugs and vaccines – when neither actually did the initial “proof of concept” work. Companies that have exploited and unethically weaponized my early work and ideas for enormous profit while also seeking...

A study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration has shown that the risk of myocarditis following mRNA COVID vaccination is around 133x greater than the background risk in the population. This means Covid vaccination increases the risk of suffering myocarditis, an autoimmune disease causing inflammation of the heart, by 13,200%. ... The study, conducted by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as well as from several U.S. universities and hospitals, examined the effects of vaccination with products manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The study’s authors used data obtained from the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 11, 2020. A week later, the FDA issued an EUA for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Now, nearly two years later, Pfizer and Moderna will launch clinical trials to track adverse health issues stemming from the COVID-19 vaccines, such as myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle. Pfizer is in the infancy of beginning clinical trials to determine if there are any health risks associated with their own vaccine. In a partnership with the Pediatric Heart Network, the trial will focus on...

It sounds like something out of an action film – a husband-and-wife scientist duo make a potentially life-changing breakthrough. Yet it’s a reality for physicians Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, the married couple responsible for the development of the 90 per cent effective, experimental Covid-19 vaccine. News broke on 9 November that the pursuit of a vaccine had taken a significant step forward, after pharma companies Pfizer and BioNTech stated that their experimental jab is effective in nine out of 10 cases. The announcement has been hailed as a sign of hope amid the pandemic, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

The annual report that the BionTech company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, dated March 30 , reveals interesting issues that have to do with relevant issues for shareholders. Information that has not been provided to users.In the document, which can be consulted in full here, it is pointed out that BioNTech does not even know if it will be able to receive permanent approval for its mRNA vaccine in the EU, the US and other countries because "it may never be possible to demonstrate sufficient efficacy and safety to through studies.The report shows the company...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Americans who are 50 years and older to receive a second booster of the COVID-19 vaccine from either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.The authorization makes millions more Americans eligible for a fourth dose. Currently, the U.S. urges two primary shots followed months later by a booster dose for everyone age 12 and older. The second booster approved Tuesday for those 50 and up should be administered at least four months after the previous booster, the FDA said. A fourth dose had only been recommended for people with severely weakened immune systems, who need three...

Over the past year, the Biden administration has achieved an ignominious consistency of scandal and incompetence. There are not one but two concurrent scandals involving the now-former director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Biden's top science adviser Eric Lander. The first scandal is related to conflict of interest. Politico.com. reported that Lander had significant investments in one of the vaccine makers while he actively promoted COVID-19 vaccination in his official capacity. Under the White House’s ethics agreement signed by Lander, he had 90 days to sell off his stocks after his appointment on May 28,...

The European Union is now looking into if mRNA vaccines are causing vaccine side effects in women. The two mRNA vaccines are Moderna and Pfizer. EU investigates reports of menstrual disorders after mRNA COVID shots https://t.co/X9bwgijZji pic.twitter.com/s3AzVZbm5O — Reuters (@Reuters) February 11, 2022 From Reuters: The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID vaccines from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE)and Moderna (MRNA.O). The assessment was in view of reports of menstrual disorders after receiving either of the two vaccines, both based on messenger...

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A member of the European Parliament suggested to the European Central Bank (ECB) on Sunday that BioNTech founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci be depicted on one of the notes. German Free Democrat (FDP) politician Moritz Körner was the first one to make the suggestion. “Important European figures like the BioNTech founding couple Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci should be printed on the new euro notes,” said Körner, as quoted by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “Their work has saved the lives of millions of Europeans. The trajectory of their life is an impressive story about integration, progress, entrepreneurship, scientific...

The vaccine, which was developed with German drugmaker BioNTech, currently needs to be stored in ultra-cold freezers that keep it between minus 112 and minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the FDA. Pfizer said it submitted new data to the U.S. agency that shows the vaccine is stable between minus 13 and 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

Deaths among children in the UK are currently significantly higher than the five-year-average since they were offered the Covid-19 injection, and now an investigation strongly suggests they are being given this injection thanks to a certain Mr Bill Gates.Because the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a primary funder of the UK’s Medicine & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and the Foundation also owns major shares in both Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna, suggesting the vaccination of children against Covid-19 has absolutely nothing to do with health, but everything to do with money, corruption, and power.The Medicine & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

Millions of people who have refused to get an experimental mRNA vaccine may soon be forced to consume the gene therapy in their food. Researchers at the University of California were awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation developing technology that infuses experimental mRNA Covid-19 vaccines into spinach, lettuce and other edible plants. The team of nanobiotechnology experts is currently working on successfully delivering DNA containing mRNA BioNTech technology into chloroplasts, the part of the plants that instruct its cells’ DNA to replicate the vaccine material. The researchers are tasked with demonstrating the genetically modified plants can produce...

PM's comments comes shortly after national drill simulating outbreak of lethal new COVID-19 variant; following approval of pediatric coronavirus jab, campaign expected to begin over next week or two. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday told parents there's no reason not to vaccinate their children after health officials okayed COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11. "There is no reason to leave our children unprotected," he said. "There is no reason that your child should get infected an infect others when his whole life is ahead of him." Bennett added that coronavirus is still around and that cases are rising in...

The Swedish Public Health Agency revealed on Wednesday that it is recommending use of the Moderna SpikeVax be discontinued in young people born after 1991, citing serious cardiac issues incuding myocarditis and pericarditis. Denmark implemented a ban for people aged 12-17 the same week. “The Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to suspend the use of Moderna’s vaccine Spikevax, for everyone born in 1991 and later, for precautionary reasons,” the Agency stated on Wednesday. “The cause is signals of an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle or heart sac. However, the risk of being...

Study Shows Vaccine Will ENHANCE Delta InfectivitySTORY AT-A-GLANCEA group of Japanese researchers released research showing that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant “is poised to acquire complete resistance” to existing COVID-19 jabs When four common mutations were introduced to the Delta variant, Pfizer’s mRNA injection enhanced its infectivity, causing it to become resistant A Delta variant with three mutations has already emerged, which suggests it’s only a matter of time before a fourth mutation develops, at which point complete resistance to Pfizer’s jab may be imminent A number of experts have raised concerns that COVID-19 jabs and the mass vaccination program could...

Sen. Ron Johnson: 5 Questions for FDA About Pfizer Vaccine ApprovalSen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday sent a letter to Dr. Janet Woodruff, acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), demanding answers to five questions pertaining to the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer Comirnaty COVID vaccine. The FDA on Aug. 23 granted full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine, over the objections of some scientists who pointed out that full approval was based on only six months’ worth of data — despite clinical trials designed for two years — and that there was no public discussion of the data....

FDA Pfizer authorization (Comirnaty): Key points to consider and discuss. These points are an aggregate of many minds, including Dr. Robert Malone. 23 Aug 2021 General talking points • Why mandates if herd immunity isn't possible? • What happens 8 months after boosters? • What's the plan for the next variant? • Why we're messing with vaccine injury liability if the vaccines are safe and effective? • DOES NOT GIVE FULL APPROVAL • Extends EUA to allow supply of current Pfizer under EUA because limited supply of BioNTech version. More at PDF link...

So there may never be herd immunity, and vaccines look ineffective against some strains, and increasingly ineffective against delta. But can they make the situation worse? A study suggested that may happen. "When most people are vaccinated, the vaccine-resistant strain has an advantage over the original strain," Simon Rella of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, who worked on the study, told reporters. "This means the vaccine-resistant strain spreads through the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated." This is likely to be especially true with a more transmissible variant such as the Delta variant, said...

China is the only major economy in the world not to approve or distribute COVID-19 vaccines that use the mRNA technology proven to be one of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of COVID-19. But China’s mRNA stance may be changing. On Thursday, Chinese media outlet Caixin reported that Chinese regulators had completed a review of the COVID-19 jab developed by German mRNA vaccine maker BioNTech and distributed locally via China’s Fosun Pharma. Fosun is still awaiting final approval from regulators, but, once approved, Fosun could deploy the 100 million doses it acquired from BioNTech last December to...