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Confusion and Clarity: Excerpts from House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Report

Confusion and Clarity: Excerpts from House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Report

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Despite sections with refreshing clarity and depth, the report is also often shallow and dismissive of fundamental issues. It fails to assess with evidence the overall effectiveness of the lockdown-mass vaccination paradigm, making sometimes contradictory claims.

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FDA “GRAS” Additives and Artificial Food Coloring Banned in Many Countries Still “Certified” in the USA

FDA “GRAS” Additives and Artificial Food Coloring Banned in Many Countries Still “Certified” in the USA

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GRAS food additives and food colorings will be one of many things that Trump-appointed HHS Director Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his new FDA commissioner will need to address, alongside an extended list of overdue, critical FDA modernizations and reforms.

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Empowered by the State, Condemned by the Crisis: The Purdue Paradox

Empowered by the State, Condemned by the Crisis: The Purdue Paradox

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Just as taxpayer-funded research paved the way for the Covid-19 pandemic through gain-of-function experiments in Wuhan, the government’s blind spot—or complicity—in fostering addiction treatment models fueled by profit underscores its failure to protect its citizens.

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US Report on Covid response: Ten truths and an Elephant Family

US Report on Covid Response: Ten Truths and an Elephant Family

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There are ten important conclusions of the report, supported by scientific evidence. However, there is an entire family of four elephants-in-the-room missed by the report – either ignoring scientific evidence or citing only weak evidence. First, the ten truths.

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A Critical Analysis of Covid-19 Vaccine Impact Claims

A Critical Analysis of Covid-19 Vaccine Impact Claims

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To conclude, the complex medical question of Covid-19 vaccine’s impact on all-cause mortality across society remains one of profound uncertainty. In this context, Full Fact’s unequivocal verdict demonstrates a concerning level of hubris in scientific interpretation.

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Congressional Committee Condemns (Nearly) Every Feature of the Covid Response

Congressional Committee Condemns (Nearly) Every Feature of the Covid Response

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The conclusion of the report: nothing worked and everything tried resulted in more damage than the pandemic could ever have achieved on its own. In this sense, every champion of truth, honesty, and freedom should celebrate this report.

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Millions of Entries Erased from World’s Largest Obituary Database

Millions of Entries Erased from World’s Largest Obituary Database

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Legacy.com is a website where you can search “the world’s largest obituary database,” with nearly 50,000,000 entries accumulated since 1998. Given the claim that Legacy.com offers a “permanent” space for commemoration, the recent discoveries raise some interesting questions.

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