War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. A sensitive and discriminating judgment is called for; a skilled intelligence to scent out the truth.   Carl von Clausewitz Special Medical Operation This is the first of […]

First child myocarditis ad I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/MtUx2PEqh3 — Anish Koka, MD (@anish_koka) September 17, 2022 Paul Pickerell Imagine you were a healthy public-spirited 49 year-old in Texas. You volunteered to take part in Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine trial. Your medical history was just a touch of hay-fever. You went through all the check-ups to make […]

For youngsters,  the A-Team was a television program about a group of  ex-US Army dudes who used to go around tackling problems – often by blasting them out of existence.  They were a little more diverse than Pfizer’s A-Team. Down in the Deep South in Huntsville Alabama, you will find the Medical Affiliated Research Center. […]

When Clinical Trials began in the 1950s, investigators knew the patients and because of this could spot changes in them for the better or the worse.  The expectation was that they would make a judgement call about things happening in a trial and, in many cases, would link the drug to an event – good […]

Shipwreck of the Singular was written before before Covid landed and published just as the vaccines began to roll out. It’s central messages are that Life expectancy is now falling and this is linked to polypharmacy People injured by treatment are the crack through which the science gets in The use of antidepressants for children […]