Many Americans take our freedoms for granted and we are at risk of losing them. It took me more than 20 years of living abroad to finally appreciate our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Our freedoms of speech and assembly are precious. Let's use them, not lose them.

Think we're freaking out over nothing? Every traditional vaccine is eventually going to be replaced by mRNA. Here's where things stand just with Moderna. By keeping mRNA on the market, FDA has proven it does not care about safety. I am therefore telling my patients not to get ANY vaccines - FDA has lost all credibility.

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IMA Calls for Probe After CDC and FDA Relied on a Safety Alarm They Knew Was Broken Internal emails show FDA leaders were warned in early 2021 that the algorithm scanning COVID vaccine injury reports could not detect myocarditis and other harms from mRNA shots. Officials kept using it anyway and pointed to its silence as proof of safety. FULL STATEMENT: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Independent Medical Alliance (IMA), a national coalition of independent physicians, researchers and clinicians, today called on Congress and the Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) to investigate how the @CDCgov and @FDA handled COVID vaccine safety surveillance. The call follows an investigation published in The BMJ @bmj_latest (formerly British Medical Journal) by reporter David Willman. Willman reconstructed the first year of the mRNA rollout using internal government emails released under the Freedom of Information Act and to U.S. Senate investigators. The CDC promoted its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) as "the nation's frontline system" and "the early warning system for detecting possible vaccine safety problems." Behind the scenes, federal officials had been told that the method used to analyze those reports could not reliably detect harm from the two dominant mRNA products. They did not fix the method. They told the FDA scientist who offered a fix to stand down. Then they cited the absence of alerts as public reassurance. One reason given in writing for leaving the method alone: a change could have "unintended consequences" for "vaccine confidence." "Frontline doctors like me were seeing these injuries in growing numbers. When we raised the alarm, we were dismissed because the 'official data' said otherwise," said Dr. Joseph Varon (@joevaron), President and Chief Medical Officer of the Independent Medical Alliance. "Now we know that data came from a tool the FDA had been warned was blind. This is a failure of our public health system that may well rise to criminal negligence, and patients paid the price." What The BMJ found Two methods were supposed to run side by side: the CDC's proportional reporting ratios (PRR) and the FDA's empirical Bayesian data mining, with the agencies sharing results. In a little-noticed September 2022 letter, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said her agency did not run PRR analyses until 2022, more than a year into the vaccination campaign. Both agencies, she wrote, "chose to rely" on the FDA's Bayesian method, which she called "a more robust technique." In the weekly FDA reports The BMJ reviewed, that Bayesian method never signaled for myocarditis, pericarditis or tinnitus. The problem was a statistical effect called masking. In the first year, more than 90 percent of VAERS reports involved the two mRNA shots, so the algorithm was in effect comparing Pfizer against Moderna. If both raised the risk of the same injury, the elevated rate looked normal, and no alert fired. Timeline February 2021: FDA medical officer Dr. Ana Szarfman emailed Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and the government's top COVID vaccine regulator. She urged the agency to fix its monitoring and offered an updated algorithm developed by statistician William DuMouchel, who had designed the original Bayesian method the FDA was using. Late February 2021: The CDC and FDA received notice from Israel's Ministry of Health of a large number of myocarditis reports in young people after vaccination. Two weeks after Szarfman's email: Marks's office held a video conference with Szarfman. Her slides showed the PRR method lighting up with signals and the FDA's Bayesian method showing almost none: "You are not getting useful information with such low counts." DuMouchel's updated method, first published in 2012, caught signals without burying investigators in false alarms. Marks and his staff declined to change the FDA's approach. Spring 2021: Israeli officials told a CDC-convened safety committee that two of 77 vaccinated patients with myocarditis or pericarditis had died. The following week, the Pentagon's Defense Health Agency told the same committee about a cluster of myocarditis cases among male service members. April 27, 2021: Walensky told reporters, "We have not seen a signal [for myocarditis], and we've actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses we've given." May 7, 2021: Craig Zinderman, an FDA medical policy official, asked Szarfman to "please hold off on creating and sending data mining reports and analyses using COVID-19 vaccine AE [adverse event] data." Adjusting the method mid-campaign, he wrote, "could lead to confusion and have unintended consequences (eg, regarding vaccine confidence)." June 2021: A CDC presentation showed VAERS myocarditis and pericarditis reports in males ages 12 to 24 running 29 to 347 times higher than expected. The day before, Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, deputy director of the CDC's Immunization Safety Office, received the FDA's latest data-mining report, which still showed no alert. He emailed a colleague: "I'm perplexed that myocarditis isn't alerting for either of the mRNA vaccines." September 15, 2021: After Szarfman kept pressing, Marks wrote to his counterpart at the FDA's drug center that she had been asked to "cease and desist, because the strategy that she is using could create erroneous conflicts that feed into anti-vaccination rhetoric." 2022: When the CDC finally ran its PRR analyses, myocarditis, pericarditis, Bell's palsy and tinnitus met the agency's own signal criteria in all 13 consecutive weekly reports from May 6 to July 29. Hundreds of other event types also crossed the threshold. Walensky nonetheless wrote that the results were "generally consistent" with the Bayesian findings and revealed "no additional unexpected safety signals." The worksheets The BMJ examined do not support that description. October 2023: Dr. Narayan Nair, head of the FDA's vaccine pharmacovigilance division, wrote to CDC and FDA colleagues: "We were aware of this [data mining] limitation before and during the pandemic." "Officials protected the safety narrative instead of protecting patients," continued Varon. "They served the industry, not the individual. Groups like the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics joined the chorus to drown out frontline doctors. It is long past time for Congress and the Justice Department to find out how this happened and why. It must never happen again."

BREAKING: A daycare in Boise, Idaho challenged the Idaho Medical Freedom Act. The Idaho Attorney General @Raul_Labrador just defeated the case. The court dismissed the case, with prejudice. From the press release: “Parents make medical decisions for their children. A daycare does not,” said Attorney General Labrador. “The Legislature protected that choice in the Medical Freedom Act, and the court upheld it. Daycares can tell parents what they believe about vaccines and health, but they cannot turn a child away because of a parent’s medical decision. That decision belongs to families, and I’m pleased the court agreed.” @theHFDF @ChildrensHD @jeffreytucker @brownstoneinst @standforhealth1 @Honest_Medicine @HighWireTalk @delbigtree @WTPatriotsUSA @AutismActionNet @G_W_Forum @MAHA_Action @MAHA_Institute @WestonAPrice @MaryBowdenMD @feds4freedomusa @momsacross @CCHFreedom @liberty4_ever @ClendenonSarah @robbeiswenger @Mikeemoyle @josh_idaho @FLSurgeonGen @kelly_a_anthon ag.idaho.gov/newsroom/ag-lab…

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If you think Ravel’s Boléro needs a full orchestra, listen to this version: just one cello, yet it’s every bit as captivating.

Why the Medical Profession Failed in Its Response to COVID-19—and Why We Are Doomed to Repeat Its Mistakes thedesertreview.com/opinion/… via @DesertReview

Moms and dads, your child's pediatrician should be able to answer these questions:
  What is your policy on obtaining full parental consent and involvement before any medical decision is made for a child? Does this consent refer to any “gender affirming care” referrals, social transition support, or treatment of any form of transgender care for kids? Do you follow AAP guidelines on “gender affirming care?” Do you take into account recent independent evidence reviews such as those highlighting weak evidence for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, potential long-term risks to children, and the need for caution with medical interventions? Does your practice provide parents with complete access to all information requested regarding my child’s appointments, records, treatment plans, or discussions? Will you commit to never making or encouraging decisions about my child’s gender identity or reproductive care without my direct, informed involvement and consent? If they can't, find a new pediatrician!!!

A small victory in a very long and expensive legal battle against the first hospital in the country to mandate the COVID shots. The lawsuit is finally over, and I have zero regrets. The battle has exposed the hospital's evil ways to the world.

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A small university in Indiana keeps a second, separately registered federal record that almost nobody opens. On that record sit 9,123 graduate students, 98.3% of them foreign nationals. Trine University. Trine paid roughly $16 million to a single recruiting agency that runs its offices out of Hyderabad and Warangal. The person that agency lists as its contact is the same person Trine's own press release calls its director of international graduate student recruitment. None of those payments appear anywhere in eleven years of Trine's audited financial statements. This is their graduating class.

What is the purpose of insurance? To protect against financial devastation in the case of a medical emergency. But somewhere around 60-70% of people filing bankruptcy for medical bills HAD INSURANCE. Failed system.

Vitamin K for Newborns: Understanding the Risks, Benefits & Alternatives Vitamin K is routinely given to newborns to help prevent a rare but real bleeding disorder—but what options do parents have? IMA Senior Fellow, Pediatrics Dr. Katherine Welch (@RelentlessDoc) joins us to discuss vitamin K deficiency bleeding, what’s in the standard vitamin K shots, the oral vitamin K alternative, and why it’s important for parents to keep asking questions and make informed decisions. Watch now.

The TMB has been disgraceful in its handling of @MaryBowdenMD’s situation. The purpose of the boards was to self-police our industry to protect against incapable physicians (ie, sexual harassment, substance abuse, cognitive issues) It was not-nor has it ever been-there to protect hospitals at the expense of the patient. Truly disgraceful to this day. @GregAbbott_TX has let it get this far.

Chatbots, Isolation & Teen Mental Health: What Parents Need to Know As more teens turn to AI chatbots for mental health advice and emotional support, what happens when technology starts replacing real human connection? This morning, IMA Senior Fellow, Psychiatry Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring (@DrJosefWD) joined host @janjeffcoat on The National Desk (@TND) to discuss the risks of teens leaning on highly agreeable AI chatbots—and why parents should prioritize real-world social connection, physical activity, purpose, and access to human support. Watch now.

After Pennsylvania’s “Measles Deaths” Collapse Under Autopsy Review, IMA Asks: Can We Just Have Transparent Truth? People’s Lives Are in the Balance. Governor Shapiro announced “measles” fatalities before the forensic record was complete. The county coroner and pathologist found the infant died of other causes. FULL STATEMENT: Washington, DC – In the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Governor’s debunked claim about measles deaths, the Independent Medical Alliance (IMA), the nation’s largest coalition of independent physicians, today called on politicians and elected officials to immediately cease turning incomplete health data into campaign ammunition, particularly as the midterm elections approach. “What happened in Pennsylvania is shameful,” said Dr. Joseph Varon (@joevaron), President and Chief Medical Officer, Independent Medical Alliance. “A governor used an infant’s tragic death to score political points, even though the autopsy did not support the Governor’s assertions.” Last week, Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) announced Pennsylvania’s first “measles” deaths in 35 years and used the moment to attack federal vaccination policy. But Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni and pathologist Dr. Wayne Ross found that a newborn who later tested positive for measles died of a traumatic laceration of the spleen and massive blood loss. Measles was not listed as the cause of death or a contributing factor. A second death remains undisclosed, but the coroner’s office has said it has no record of measles as the cause of death in either case. “If an official wants to tell the country a baby died of measles, he should wait for the autopsy and release the death certificate,” continued Varon. “Anything less is fear dressed up as public health.” IMA researchers, including Dr. Varon, hosted a webinar earlier this year entitled “Beyond the Headlines: Evidence-Based Treatment for Measles,” documenting evidence-based measles care, including high-dose vitamin A shown in trials to reduce mortality and complications. “Vaccination policy is a legitimate scientific debate. Cause of death is a medical determination,” concluded Dr. Varon. “Stop the fear mongering. People’s health, and possibly their lives, are at stake. Independent doctors will not play along.”

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Good for you for standing up and speaking the truth. Here’s some more information for your followers:

The cause of death was a "traumatic laceration of the spleen" the coroner said. I have been delivering babies for 31 years & have had my share of difficult deliveries. What happened during the delivery matters and I would expect the coroner and pathologist were aware of the clinical history. This word choice "traumatic laceration" suggests to me that they are confident the splenic injury was caused by trauma. There is little information so I am speculating, but if this was a difficult breech delivery, for example, & it was very hard to get the baby out, and multiple maneuvers were needed, & they found a laceration on the spleen - that would be reason to declare the cause of death "traumatic laceration of the spleen" and also to state that measles was not a contributing factor. So the delivery events do matter. But whatever the delivery events, Gov. Shapiro & the media misled the public & did a grave disservice to the mother. triblive.com/news/pennsylvan…

🚨BREAKING: Our new HHS report—"Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?"—is out! For decades, psychological research has looked at opposition to transgender ideology through a lens of prejudice and right-wing authoritarianism. We asked the conspicuously neglected flipside question: What psychological traits characterize those who most strongly endorse gender-affirming norms? In a preregistered study of 1,208 U.S. adults, we developed a Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS) using positions drawn directly from guidance issued by the APA, American Psychiatric Association, WPATH, and American Academy of Pediatrics. Our results shocked us. Endorsement of mainstream principles of "gender-affirmation" was strongly associated with left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) and support of political violence. Both LWA and endorsement of gender-affirming clinical norms were associated with greater justification for killing Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, and Brian Thompson, as well as arson against ICE buildings, destruction of wealthy people's property, and violence against police. These relationships remained significant even after controlling for political identity. Acceptance gender ideology appears to augment authoritarian attitudes in support for political violence. From our report: "Together, these findings support the paper's core claim: gender ideology may function as an ideological accelerant, telling left-wing authoritarian psychology who the enemy is, why the situation is urgent, and—in those already disposed toward force—that violence is legitimate." We believe institutionalized gender ideology may function as a kind of ideological "content package" for people already disposed toward left-wing authoritarianism. It assists in identifying oppressors, creates moral urgency, and provides justification for taking coercive action against opposition. This is only the first of a series of @HHSGov reports we're working on as a collaboration of researchers at @ncri_io, @RutgersU, and @ManhattanInst. Stay tuned for more. Read the first HHS report at the link below. 🔗opa.hhs.gov/adolescent-healt…