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Pure EVIL: CDC Pushes for Babies to Get 3 Unlicensed Covid mRNA Shots by 9 Months

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidance pushing for babies to receive three unlicensed Covid mRNA shots before they are nine months old.

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Pure EVIL: CDC Pushes for Babies to Get 3 Unlicensed Covid mRNA Shots by 9 Months​

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidance pushing for babies to receive three unlicensed Covid mRNA shots before they are nine months old.​

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By Frank Bergman September 7, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidance pushing for babies to receive three unlicensed Covid mRNA shots before they are nine months old.
However, COVID-19 poses virtually no risk to children and infants, vaccinated or otherwise.
In addition, there are no licensed Covid vaccines for children aged 12 and under.
Yet, according to the CDC, nine-month-old babies can only be considered “up to date” if they receive multiple doses of the mRNA injections.
Issued August 30, the CDC’s updated guidance states that children as young as 6 months old must get either two doses of the 2024-2025 Moderna vaccine or three doses of the 2024-2025 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
If getting the new Pfizer shot, the baby is supposed to receive the first dose at 6 months, the second dose three weeks later, and the third dose at least eight weeks after the second dose.
Under the guidelines, babies are supposed to have received three Pfizer shots by 9 months old.
If getting the latest Moderna shot, the CDC recommends babies get the first dose at age 6 months and the second dose a month later.
Yet, despite the CDC’s recommendations, the latest Pfizer and Moderna mRNA injections are not licensed in the United States for children under 12.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted only emergency use authorization (EUA) for the vaccines.
The new guidelines come amid growing concerns about the risks to children from Covid shots.
As Slay News reported, an explosive study recently confirmed that Covid mRNA shots are the sole cause of an unprecedented global surge of heart failure among children.
The study shuts down previous claims from the corporate media and so-called experts who have tried to blame the phenomenon on COVID-19 and other factors such as sugar intake, video games, and even so-called “climate change.”
Cases of cardiac-related deaths and heart failure such as myocarditis and pericarditis have been soaring around the world since the Covid injections were rolled out to the public in early 2021, as Slay News has been reporting.
Myocarditis and pericarditis are inflammatory conditions of the heart and are generally considered to be rare, especially among children.
Severe cases can lead to serious complications and even sudden death.
Both conditions are known side effects of the Covid mRNA shots.
In response, health officials and the corporate media have been pushing the claim that the COVID-19 virus, and not the shots, is behind the phenomenon.
However, a new large-scale study from renowned scientists at the prestigious University of Oxford has just confirmed that myocarditis and pericarditis only appear in children and adolescents after Covid vaccination and not after infection from the virus.
The new study looked at the official government data of more than 1 million English children and adolescents aged between five and 11 and 12 and 15.
The study compared vaccinated and unvaccinated subjects.
The researchers also took into account the number of doses of vaccine received.
In detailing their findings, the researchers wrote:
“All myocarditis and pericarditis events during the study period occurred in vaccinated individuals.”
The study also noted that hospitalization related to COVID-19 was extremely rare among children and adolescents.
Additionally, there were no deaths from the virus recorded among the entire subject population.
However, the CDC has previously admitted that the Covid mRNA shots, which are supposed to “protect” people from COVID-19 have killed hundreds of thousands of American children and young people.

 

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Alberta's COVID-19 death toll more than 4 times higher than flu over past year​

732 Albertans have died due to COVID-19 since last August​

Jennifer Lee · CBC News · Posted: Sep 09, 2024 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

A COVID-19 test shows a positive result in this file photo. In Alberta over the past year, 6,070 people were hospitalized for COVID. (Carolyn Ryan/CBC)

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A year's worth of respiratory virus data for Alberta reveals, once again, COVID-19 is far deadlier than the flu.

The death toll due to the two illnesses, combined, topped 900 over the past year.

More than four times as many Albertans died due to COVID compared to influenza.

Alberta's respiratory dashboard shows flu was responsible for 177 deaths while 732 people died of COVID-19 (between Aug. 27, 2023, and Aug. 24, 2024).

"This is continual evidence that COVID is not just another flu," said Craig Jenne, professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary, noting influenza is not a benign virus.

"This is the most we've ever lost to flu, and COVID has still put up many more deaths than flu. So these remain significant viral diseases in Alberta. They remain a significant risk to some Albertans. And unfortunately, and tragically, they continue to take lives at a really unacceptable rate."

While they're high compared to influenza, Alberta's COVID deaths are trending down from a peak of 2,409 during 2021-22.

• Alberta's flu death toll hits 15-year high, sparking calls for better immunization outreach

As a critical care specialist in Edmonton, Dr. Shelley Duggan sees the toll the disease continues to take on Albertans.

"We're seeing people who have COVID and all of the sudden are coming into hospital with blood clots, heart attacks, strokes. So we still are very much living in a COVID world," said Duggan.

There were 3,348 flu hospitalizations, and 6,070 people were admitted with COVID in the past year.

The province counts hospitalizations where the illnesses are either a primary or contributing factor.

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Duggan points out COVID-19 is not seasonal but it ebbs and flows through the year.

Unlike early during the pandemic, she doesn't admit many patients to the ICU for severe COVID-related pneumonia. Instead, she treats people for whom the disease has exacerbated other health problems.

Dr. Shelley Duggan is a critical care physician in Edmonton and president-elect of the Alberta Medical Association. (Alberta Medical Association)
"We also have that at-risk population [including] people on chemotherapy, people post-transplant — people really who are immuno-suppressed and are at risk — or the frail elderly who we see," said Duggan, the president-elect of the Alberta Medical Association.

Alberta Health data shows 632 of the people who died of COVID were ages 70 and up, 81 were between 50 and 69 and 15 were in the 20 to 49 age range.

Four children under the age of 10 died of COVID in the past year.

The provincial government's dashboard states influenza and COVID deaths are counted when the illnesses are the cause of death or a contributing factor.

"We still have a significant proportion of people who will die either directly from COVID or having COVID that is going to set in motion other things. So we still have to be cognizant of it."

Both Jenne and Duggan say reversing the slumping vaccination rates will be essential for the next respiratory virus season.

Just under a quarter of Albertans received their flu shot during the 2023-24 season, while 16.9 per cent were immunized against COVID.

"It's going to be very vital that people get vaccinated this year to protect themselves, of course, but to also protect the vulnerable and to protect the hospital system, because we are already overflowing," said Duggan.

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Alberta stopped offering XBB COVID-19 vaccines as of Aug. 31, following a Health Canada directive, an Alberta Health spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

Vaccines targeting more recent strains have yet to be approved by Health Canada.

A federal government notice to health professionals states that updated COVID-19 vaccines (designed to target the JN.1 or KP.2 strains) are expected to be authorized in time for fall immunization campaigns.

The province said more information on its upcoming immunization program will be made available in the coming weeks.

 

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Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds

MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys

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Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds​

MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys

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Adolescent girls who lived through Covid lockdowns experienced more rapid brain ageing than boys, according to data that suggests the social restrictions had a disproportionate impact on them.

MRI scans found evidence of premature brain ageing in both boys and girls, but girls’ brains appeared on average 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years older for boys.


It is unclear whether the changes have negative consequences, but the findings have raised concerns that they might affect adolescents’ mental health and potential to learn.

“We were shocked by these data, that the difference is so dramatic,” said Prof Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

The researchers gathered MRI scans from 160 nine- to 17-year-olds in 2018 and used them to build a model of how the brain’s cortex normally thins during school years. Some cortical thinning is natural and an important part of brain maturation and specialisation in adolescence.

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Brain scans reveal accelerated thinning of the cortex in adolescents who lived through the Covid pandemic. Photograph: University of Washington, Seattle
The team revisited the same cohort in 2021 and 2022, after lockdowns, and collected further MRI scans from those aged 12 to 16. Compared with pre-pandemic brain development, these showed signs of accelerated cortical thinning in one area of the boys’ brains, and in 30 of the girls’ brains, across both hemispheres and all lobes.


Other researchers have linked premature brain ageing to the pandemic, but the latest study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to reveal stark differences between boys and girls.

Both sexes showed signs of accelerated ageing in a brain region linked to vision, potentially affecting the processing of faces. But in females, brain changes were widespread. Many affected areas underpinning social cognition with roles in processing emotions, interpreting facial expressions and language comprehension, which the researchers say are critical for communication.

Kuhl believes the difference reflects girls’ greater dependence on social groups and interactions. “Girls chat endlessly and share their emotions,” she said. “They are much more dependent [than boys] on the social scene for their wellbeing and for their healthy neural, physical and emotional development.”

More studies are needed to see whether the brain ageing affects cognitive performance, but Kuhl notes that premature cortical thinning is linked to early life adversity and a greater risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. Cortical thinning is crucial for the brain to specialise, but that comes with a loss of cognitive flexibility that could potentially affect learning.


Kuhl said the findings were a “reminder of the fragility of teens” and suggested parents talk to their teenagers about their experiences of the pandemic. “It’s important they invite their teens for a coffee, for a tea, for a walk, to open the door to conversation,” she said. “Whatever it takes to get them to open up.”

“It’s important to recognise that although the pandemic is largely over, the effects of the stress of the pandemic are still there for children and adolescents,” said Ian Gotlib, a professor of psychology at Stanford University who has reported similar brain changes. “Making sure that youth are supported in terms of their mental health is critical, perhaps now more than ever before.”

“This adds to our understanding that adolescents experienced accelerated brain changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Dr Lina van Drunen, a researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, who has reported similar brain changes in adolescents. Identifying the specific factors behind the premature ageing and understanding its long-term impacts was now key, she added.

 

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New report: COVID more severe, longer-lasting than other respiratory diseases​

Mary Van Beusekom, MS

September 9, 2024
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Healthcare workers (HCWs) with COVID-19 had more severe symptoms that lasted longer than those with other respiratory diseases, and a higher proportion met the World Health Organization (WHO) or UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) definitions of long COVID, according to a report published in Viruses and Viral Diseases.

A team led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute investigators in Parkville, Australia, also identified older age, chronic respiratory disease, and pre-existing symptoms as risk factors for long COVID, also known as post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS).

Data from phase 3 clinical trial​

The researchers analyzed data on long-COVID symptoms, duration, and pre-existing symptoms from the multinational randomized controlled trial (RCT) BRACE trial on HCWs diagnosed as having COVID-19 or another respiratory illness for 1 year after diagnosis.

Participants were tested for COVID-19 infection if they reported symptoms, gave blood samples every 3 months for evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, and completed quarterly surveys. A subsample of 184 COVID-19 and 184 non-COVID controls were also chosen for a case-control analysis of daily symptom data with an extended pre- and post-infection follow-up period.

BRACE is a phase 3 RCT assessing the effect of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) tuberculosis vaccination on COVID-19 infection in HCWs in Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom from March 2020 to April 2021.

More extensive systemic effects​

The 593 COVID-infected HCWs had significantly more severe disease than 1,112 participants with other respiratory illnesses (odds ratio [OR], 7.4). The persistence of symptoms met both the NICE and WHO long-COVID definitions in a higher proportion of COVID-19 survivors than those with other respiratory diseases (2.5% vs 0.5%, respectively; odds ratio [OR], 6.6 for NICE and 8.8% vs 3.7%; OR, 2.5 for WHO).

Consideration of the association between pre-existing symptoms and PACS is important for understanding the aetiology and pathophysiology of PACS, and managing patients with ongoing symptoms.

COVID-19 participants had a greater symptom range and duration than controls and most often reported fatigue, muscle aches, headache, and loss of taste and/or smell, which the researchers said is consistent with the more extensive systemic COVID-19 effects. "These findings support the histopathological evidence of an exuberant immune reaction associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection," they wrote.

For the COVID-19 group, age 40 to 59 years (adjusted OR [aOR], 2.8), chronic respiratory disease (aOR, 5.5), and pre-existing symptoms (aOR, 3.0) were risk factors for long COVID. Some participants also reported that they had long-COVID symptoms (32% with fatigue and muscle aches and 11% with intermittent cough and shortness of breath).

"Consideration of the association between pre-existing symptoms and PACS is important for understanding the aetiology and pathophysiology of PACS, and managing patients with ongoing symptoms," the researchers wrote.