RFK's moves to limit access to the COVID vaccine are the latest in a long line of moves that shrank- rather than expanded- the size of the so-called anti-COVID "toolbox"
I didn't know the FDA under Trump banned the importation of Altruan tests into the U.S.
I'm in the U.K. and I rely on Altruan tests. I desperately hope this ban doesn't make Altruan pull the plug on the tests altogether. I hope sales are healthy and growing in other countries.
I'm so sorry for my counterparts in the U.S. How does the ban work? Can't Altruan ship to the U.S. now?
On the Altruan website you aren’t able to select US anymore as destination country if you’re ordering Pluslife products :/ they aren’t FDA approved.
It’s odd bc of course there wasn’t approval before, but apparently now there is stricter enforcement because it’s only in the last few months that this has become a problem, to the point where Altruan will refuse to ship here.
Well written Julia. The lack of ANY political will to address any of these issues is remarkable. It would be nice to see any one take up the cause. I am perpetually left questioning why I see the world so differently and what color the sky is in the other world.
What is so frustrating is that pretty much all of the world's governments have sold out their people. America isn't the only one. I belong to some Covid cautious facebook groups...one being "still coviding" which is worldwide. People complain from Australia, Canada, UK....that there is no support in regards to Covid. Some disabled by long Covid. Anyway, it is depressing that all of us who know the truth have lost friends, family members, good jobs because of our taking Covid very seriously. Hospitals, medical centers, physicians, dentists have drunk the Covid Koolaid, some innocently and others due to pressure from the top. And so we walk into ERs, have surgery, go to our doctor appts. vulnerable because others won't mask and as Julia states...there is no clean air. We, the minority have to carry the whole burden. I thank God that my children are adults, because my heart breaks for both the parents who chose to have their children mask, as well as the ones who don't because they really don't know the danger. And we know that most won't thank you if you explained it to them or believe you. They will over time and it will be devastating. Anyway, with this falling on us, I would love to know if this Far UVC is financially affordable for our home? I would have no clue as to where to search for a reputable company and also scared that I or one of my family members might cause it to actually put us in danger.....I have no idea how to educate myself.
Lucira and Metrix home kits are unavailable on every site. It is so frustrating to explain to people (especially after they were exposed to Covid) that have Covid symptoms, but tested negative that they likely still have Covid because the tests are no longer accurate.
So many don’t understand that they deserve more protection than the current covid vaccines offer (or ever did) because their protection was misrepresented at the start. This is why they’ve unknowingly become as delusional as anti-vaxxers, describing the virus as “milder now”, & other nonsense. I’m so very tired of being surrounded by delusion & denialism, on top of dealing with my Long Covid, which they also stubbornly refuse to understand, like so many anti-vaxxers do. If they don’t accept that they’ve been misled, how can we ever progress to real solutions for prevention & treatments or cures?
This is an excellent article. It raises so many important points. The burden of disease mitigation must not be only on the individual. We need society-wide measures as we have with preventing waterborne diseases. Imagine not treating tap water, and telling people it's their responsibility to filter their water themselves at home.
At some points in time and place public policy has been even bizarre. For example - the Netherlands had a: "masks do more harm than good" policy.
Plenty of people think catching Covid helps us to not catch Covid! Another good plenty think that vaccines themselves are responsible for all Long Covid and other health issues.
Indeed, the further we have progressed into this pandemic the worse public policy has become and we are not at the end of the road yet!
I didn't know the FDA under Trump banned the importation of Altruan tests into the U.S.
I'm in the U.K. and I rely on Altruan tests. I desperately hope this ban doesn't make Altruan pull the plug on the tests altogether. I hope sales are healthy and growing in other countries.
I'm so sorry for my counterparts in the U.S. How does the ban work? Can't Altruan ship to the U.S. now?
On the Altruan website you aren’t able to select US anymore as destination country if you’re ordering Pluslife products :/ they aren’t FDA approved.
It’s odd bc of course there wasn’t approval before, but apparently now there is stricter enforcement because it’s only in the last few months that this has become a problem, to the point where Altruan will refuse to ship here.
Well written Julia. The lack of ANY political will to address any of these issues is remarkable. It would be nice to see any one take up the cause. I am perpetually left questioning why I see the world so differently and what color the sky is in the other world.
"…workers were thrown to the wolves for the sake of employers." Exactly so.
What is so frustrating is that pretty much all of the world's governments have sold out their people. America isn't the only one. I belong to some Covid cautious facebook groups...one being "still coviding" which is worldwide. People complain from Australia, Canada, UK....that there is no support in regards to Covid. Some disabled by long Covid. Anyway, it is depressing that all of us who know the truth have lost friends, family members, good jobs because of our taking Covid very seriously. Hospitals, medical centers, physicians, dentists have drunk the Covid Koolaid, some innocently and others due to pressure from the top. And so we walk into ERs, have surgery, go to our doctor appts. vulnerable because others won't mask and as Julia states...there is no clean air. We, the minority have to carry the whole burden. I thank God that my children are adults, because my heart breaks for both the parents who chose to have their children mask, as well as the ones who don't because they really don't know the danger. And we know that most won't thank you if you explained it to them or believe you. They will over time and it will be devastating. Anyway, with this falling on us, I would love to know if this Far UVC is financially affordable for our home? I would have no clue as to where to search for a reputable company and also scared that I or one of my family members might cause it to actually put us in danger.....I have no idea how to educate myself.
Lucira and Metrix home kits are unavailable on every site. It is so frustrating to explain to people (especially after they were exposed to Covid) that have Covid symptoms, but tested negative that they likely still have Covid because the tests are no longer accurate.
So many don’t understand that they deserve more protection than the current covid vaccines offer (or ever did) because their protection was misrepresented at the start. This is why they’ve unknowingly become as delusional as anti-vaxxers, describing the virus as “milder now”, & other nonsense. I’m so very tired of being surrounded by delusion & denialism, on top of dealing with my Long Covid, which they also stubbornly refuse to understand, like so many anti-vaxxers do. If they don’t accept that they’ve been misled, how can we ever progress to real solutions for prevention & treatments or cures?
This is an excellent article. It raises so many important points. The burden of disease mitigation must not be only on the individual. We need society-wide measures as we have with preventing waterborne diseases. Imagine not treating tap water, and telling people it's their responsibility to filter their water themselves at home.
At some points in time and place public policy has been even bizarre. For example - the Netherlands had a: "masks do more harm than good" policy.
Plenty of people think catching Covid helps us to not catch Covid! Another good plenty think that vaccines themselves are responsible for all Long Covid and other health issues.
Indeed, the further we have progressed into this pandemic the worse public policy has become and we are not at the end of the road yet!
The "immunity debt" BS