[Correspondence] Patient involvement in regulation: an unvalued imperative
Bruce Campbell, Art Sedrakyan | thelancet.com | 2021-06-05
There is now an imperative for medical regulators to involve patients and the public across the range of their work, in the same way as it has become accepted practice to involve patients in decisions about their medical care, as part of mainstream existentialist philosophy.1 However, patient involvement remains largely unvalued for its influence on decision making about approval of medicines and medical devices, or their withdrawal from use because of safety signals. Regulatory agencies worldwide are grappling with the range and complexity of ways in which patients and the public might be involved in regulation,…
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Podcast Ep 39: Fighting censorship of Palestine
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-04
Do Silicon Valley corporations have authority to decide what can and cannot be taught in classrooms?
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The Real Conspirators Who Lied About COVID's Origin, Funded Fraudulent Trials of Therapeutics, and Controlled the COVID Pandemic Are the Top Public Health Leaders
Dr. Meryl Nass | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-04
In very early …
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[Research Paper] Convalescent plasma therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: A study from Indonesia for clinical research in low- and middle-income countries
Marliana S. Rejeki, Nana Sarnadi, Retno Wihastuti, Vininta Fazharyasti, Wisvici Y. Samin, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Edison Johar, Neni Nurainy, Novilia S. Bachtiar, David H. Muljono | thelancet.com | 2021-06-04
This study highlights the safety of CP therapy. Although improvements were observed, we could not conclude that the outcomes were solely due to CP treatment. Further randomised controlled trials that cover different disease stages with pre-donation NAb measurements using locally applicable strategies are warranted.
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Corporate Media vs. Bolivian Democracy
Latino Rebels | latinorebels.com | 2021-06-04
Latino Rebels Radio: June 4, 2021…
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Lab Leak Theory And Anti-China Mania
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
It has suddenly become popular to say what was once whispered by just a few people. Politicians and the corporate media have now convinced millions of people that the COVID-19 virus was created by experimentation gone awry. | The COVID-19 virus was first observed in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, which is the location of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). The question is whether gain of function research on bat viruses may have accidentally caused the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was all but canonized due to his public conflicts with Donald Trump, is now viewed as a villain because the National Institutes of…
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Lab Leak Theory And Anti-China Mania
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
It has suddenly become popular to say what was once whispered by just a few people. Politicians and the corporate media have now convinced millions of people that the COVID-19 virus was created by experimentation gone awry. | The COVID-19 virus was first observed in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, which is the location of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). The question is whether gain of function research on bat viruses may have accidentally caused the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was all but canonized due to his public conflicts with Donald Trump, is now viewed as a villain because the National Institutes of…
popularresistance.org/lab-leak-theory-an…
Antisemitism's Misdirection: Who Gets Hurt?
Ira Glunts | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
Unfounded or unconfirmed charges of antisemitism made by US pro-Israel organizations which are then parroted by the pro-Zionist US mainstream press, always increase when Israeli actions become so hideous they shame even some of its most dedicated supporters. With the latest Israeli shelling of Gaza, its evictions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in…
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Mexico Enters Electoral Silence Ahead of Subnational Polls
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Mexico's subnational electoral process entered a stage of silence in which no political proselytizing can take place before citizens go to the polls on June 6. | RELATED: | Mexican Students Who Protested Online Exams Released | In compliance with current federal law, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested candidates, parties, citizens, public officials, and the media not to carry out propaganda actions, publish results of polls on electoral preferences, or disseminate reports o…
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