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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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