"Trends in US Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 "
Substantial decreases during the spring 2020 mortality event months.
How many people died as a result?
Authors: "From Jan. 2020 to May 2020, the number of outpatients w/antibiotic prescriptions decreased substantially more than would be expected b/c of seasonal trends alone, possibly related to the [covid-19] pandemic & associated mitigation measures." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
CDC "Antibiotic Use in the United States" corroborates.
Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing ⬇️
Attributed to "changes in healthcare access, fewer ppl seeking HC for mild illness, and few infections overall due to school closures & social distancing." 🙄 cdc.gov/antibiotic-use…
Here's inpatient ⬇️
Shows increases in "prescribed for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia"
These data seem...incomplete.
And here's Nursing Home
CDC notes "a modest decrease" from Jan to Jan 2020 v same months in 2019, & an increase in azithromycin use in March & Apr 2020.
CDC: "Antibiotic stewardship efforts #Newspeak continue to be critically important to ensure patient safety #Newspeak in the changing landscape of healthcare #Newspeak during the COVID-19 pandemic #Newspeak."
Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (Revised Dec 2019) …
I'm not a Plandemic Theorist, but I admit it's hard to refrain from wondering about why antibiotics were being so loudly discouraged leading up to March 2020 Interventions.
Some observations about documents released by Sen Rand Paul on 30 October 2025 related to Ralph Baric
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1. It is unsurprising that someone with a CIA-affiliated email address reached out to Baric about a project on coronaviruses in September 2015.
U.S. flu surveillance/testing increased dramatically between 2015-2020, as did P&I cause of death attribution toward "I" influenza and use of code B34.2 · Coronavirus infection, unspecified
This doesn't mean Baric was in league with the CIA -- and it's certainly not a smoking gun on the "creation" of virus purported to have caused a pandemic.
It does point to a well-known coronavirus expert being tapped in the service of planned/strategic operations
2. That Baric would be asked to give a presentation to the ODNI about "the coronavirus" in late January 2020 is also unsurprising and evidence of nothing much.
The committee that classified and named SARS-CoV-2 (of which Baric was a member) had already made its decision about virus species and name and the WHO had endorsed a "blueprint" test.
Baric was very much in the news and fielding inquiries from reporters...as we would expect
Jay Bhattacharya needs to revisit this Oct 2020 article in light of ethics, civil rights, and what has and has not been established by good scientific evidence
"we must not let vulnerable people be exposed to the virus" is an untenable position
There was nothing from which the elderly needed to be "protected"
There was never a basis for claiming that "focused protection" reduced risk of illness and deaths (regardless of cause).
I reject the notion of a societal pact involving "not letting" people be exposed to a viral threat -- let alone one that was never proven to be a threat.
"We do not encourage intentionally exposing the non-vulnerable" was permission for all manner of idiocy for everyone else.
The New York City Office of the Medical Examiner (OCME) is - once again - delaying the release of public records.
A chronology of the correspondence... 🗓️📤📥
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On 4 February 2025, I requested two sets of records from OCME:
▪️The agency's Biological Incident Fatality Surge Plan for managing In and out of Hospital Deaths
▪️ Daily hospital morgue census data entered into a survey activated in spring 2020
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The agency replied w/acknowledgement in a timely fashion, on 11 Feb 2025, and said the next response would be by 5 May 2025.
I thanked the staffer and said I would be happy to receive any available records sooner.
"We are placing a moratorium on all federal recommendations, guidelines, etc. regarding vaccinating pregnant moms and children 'against' anything."
Start with the flu shot.
CDC Internet Panel data* show 🚩U.S. flu-shot rates in pregnant women rose from about 15% pre-2009 to 32–51% seasonal, 47% H1N1, and up to 66% combined in 2009–10. 🚩
Coverage peaked at 57.5% in 2019–20 🚩 then fell to about 47% during COVID and remains there.
Higher uptake is linked to doctor advice, access, and is greatest among older, educated, non-Hispanic White or Asian women.
*end-of-season estimates based on self-reported vaccination by women who were pregnant at any point between Oct-Jan of each season
Why speak only about the past when flu shot season is upon us?
Pre-natal visits in the fall and winter include pressure to get a flu shot.
In May 2021, Will County (IL) Public Health Dept shamefully leveraged the tragic death of 15-YO Dykota Morgan - and her parents' grief - for COVID shot propaganda that targeted African Americans
A review...
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Dykota, an athlete & artist from Bolingbrook (IL) died on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021.
Chicago-area media quickly reported it (which media typically do, and rightfully so, with unexpected child deaths)
National media picked up the story too.
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Dykota's parents' testimony is worth hearing for the sequence of events, which included treatment at two hospitals.
A tragedy, no matter the cause(s) and contributing factors.
The case should be investigated further and actual causes of death disclosed.